Park's gondola reopened after breaking over the weekend. The popular Colorado ski resort had to shut down the gondola on Saturday after a malfunction and the approximately 175 passengers on it had to evacuate the lifts by climbing down ropes.

Denver7 spoke with a skier who said he and his wife were trapped on the lift for more than five hours, but made the most of the inconvenient situation.

More than 170 people were rescued from gondolas at Winter Park Resort in Colorado following a malfunction that left them trapped for hours.