An incident at Park City Mountain in Utah left a skier briefly hanging by her boot from a Red Pine Gondola cabin around 1:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Eyewitnesses said the woman attempted to board the gondola late, and the doors closed on her ski boot, according to TownLift Park City News. The outlet reported that she was carried upside down roughly 15 feet off the ground for about 50 feet before the lift was stopped.
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Park City Mountain employees quickly rescued the woman using a ladder and freed her boot from the cabin door. She was unharmed, and the gondola resumed operations within five minutes, Park City Mountain spokesperson John Kanaly said. The Red Pine Gondola remained in operation the following day.
Videos of the incident briefly circulated on social media before being removed at the request of those involved. Resort officials indicated the episode appeared to be a rare boarding error rather than a mechanical failure. Modern gondolas like the Red Pine—installed in 1997 by Poma—are equipped with safety sensors to detect obstructions, though timing errors during loading can still lead to incidents.
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