Power surge traps 120 on B.C. ski lift; all safe after 3-hour rescue operation
AGASSIZ, B.C. — A power surge brought a chairlift at a British Columbia ski resort to a halt Sunday leaving 120 people trapped, some for up to three hours.
Sasquatch Mountain Resort general manager Sam Hicks says he believes a hydro outage Sunday morning caused the surge, which damaged control panels for the chairlift.
Hicks says all of the skiers and snowboarders trapped on the lift at the Agassiz resort were back on the ground, uninjured, within 30 minutes to three hours of the surge.
The Fraser Valley resort says its Sasquatch chair will be closed until further notice while the extent of the damage is assessed and repairs are made.