Ski Lift FAIL at Song Mtn Yesterday !

[CazMan26]

TULLY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Multiple skiers at Song Mountain ended up stuck on the lifts Sunday afternoon, some for over 2 hours.

Firefighters and ski patrol personnel worked together to bring people down using ropes and harnesses, eventually getting everyone stuck down safe by around 4:30 p.m.

Peter Harris, the owner of Song Mountain, says he is not sure the exact cause of the chair lifts stopping, but he was pleased with his team’s response.

“We had an issue with one of the chairlifts, and we evacuated everyone off safely, and the ski patrol did a great job, and everyone is down and safe, and a little chilly but were happy that it all worked exactly to plan,” says Harris.

 

[D.B. Cooper]

TULLY, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Multiple skiers at Song Mountain ended up stuck on the lifts Sunday afternoon, some for over 2 hours.

If I'm thinking to myself, "should I use the loo now or after the next run?" I automatically move my thoughts to the above type of scenario.

 

[CazMan26]

In my 45+ years of skiing I have never been removed from a ski lift via a rope. I hope I never have to. It sounds like the mgmt at Song could have done a better job communicating what was happening to those people helplessly sitting there.
I am glad they were able to evac everyone without any incidents or injury.

 

[saratogahalfday]

In my 45+ years of skiing I have never been removed from a ski lift via a rope. I hope I never have to. It sounds like the mgmt at Song could have done a better job communicating what was happening to those people helplessly sitting there.
I am glad they were able to evac everyone without any incidents or injury.

I've done it many times...in the fall. If they didn't walk the lift line and communicate to everyone what was happening and how they were going to be extracted, that's a huge fail on their part.

 

[Campgottagopee]

In my 45+ years of skiing I have never been removed from a ski lift via a rope.

I've evacuated and been evacuated
As saratoga said, communication is key.

 

[Andy_ROC]

Do they offer everyone a free beer, lunch or anything like that for the inconvenience of being stuck once they get down?

 

[tirolski]

Here’s what the put on the news with a video.

‘It was scary’: See skiers rescued from Song Mountain ski lift after 2-hour frigid ordeal (video)

About 100 people were stranded on the chair lift at Song Mountain Ski Resort Sunday afternoon during frigid temperatures.

www.syracuse.com

Drove by Song coming back from Lab. It looked like the rope was in the sheaves at the bottom.
Someone posted a pic of the rope off the track, allegedly.
Don’t know what happened. Someone suggest folks swinging on chairs may have cause it. Someone said no.
More folks were skiing Lab today from what I saw.
It was ski on there.
It snowed.

 

[CazMan26]

Do they offer everyone a free beer, lunch or anything like that for the inconvenience of being stuck once they get down?

What I have read in the comments in skicny.com, Peter has not said or done any thing for the people that were stranded so far..

 

[Cornhead]

They're lucky it was a relatively balmy 25°, had it been one of the colder days we've had lately I wonder if hypothermia might not have been an issue. Man, what's with all these lift failures lately? I wonder if the labor problem is a contributing factor? I'm used to issues with Greek's lifts, but 2 evacs at Elk, and this at Song, crazy.

 

[Campgottagopee]

IMO lifts breaking down is part of skiing. Old lifts, new lifts, doesn't matter cause shit happens. Not much different than anything else with a motor.