The Gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped around noon Saturday, leaving visitors ...

A malfunctioning ski lift led to 174 skiers and snowboarders being rescued by rope after they were stuck for hours on ...

A crack in the ski lift at Winter Park Resort in Colorado forced the evacuation of 174 stranded skiers and snowboarders with ...

More than 170 skiers and snowboarders experienced the stuff of nightmares on Sunday when they were stranded for several hours ...

A ski lift cracked at a resort in Colorado over the weekend, forcing the dramatic rescues of nearly 200 people on board.

A ski lift at a resort in Winter Park Resort in Colorado cracked mid-day Saturday, leaving 174 skiers and snowboarders ...

Officials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers ...

All guests trapped on the gondola were given a $10 voucher and two lift passes for this year or next, according to a Winter ...

Ski patrollers at the Winter Park Resort used ropes to lower passengers stuck in gondola cabins dozens of feet to the ground ...

Ski patrollers climbed up the lift towers, shimmied to each of the gondola's cabins and lowered the occupants' equipment ...

Passengers were lowered down by ropes for roughly five hours and there were no injuries reported during the rescues.

The gondola automatically stopped after a crack in a structural piece in the lift was detected - leaving 174 people stranded.