Warming, this is awful....
https://youtu.be/B_cmw2bIJEw
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Ski Lift Accident in Georgia (not the state)
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Luckily, the injuries weren't nearly as bad as might be expected from the video. CNN is covering the story. Rollbacks are very scary!
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/europe/g ... index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/europe/g ... index.html
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Got confirmation on another ski forum that the people watching near the base were all yelling "JUMP!" at the people who were in the chairs getting close to the base. Saw a video from a different angle that made it clear that towards the end there was at most 10 sec from the time a chair passed the second tower to where it was low enough to jump relatively safely. Clearly it was better to drop skis or snowboards before jumping.
There was a rollback at Sugarloaf in Maine in 2015. But didn't last nearly as long. People jumped in that case too. End result was that the lower terminal was rebuilt.
There was a rollback at Sugarloaf in Maine in 2015. But didn't last nearly as long. People jumped in that case too. End result was that the lower terminal was rebuilt.
2023-24: Wolf Creek in Dec, Massanutten in Jan, Feb; GT, Big Sky; Crested Butte; Alta/Snowbird in April.