Posted on 08/11/2019 1:11:15 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Several gondola cars came crashing to the ground early Saturday in British Columbia after someone apparently cut the cable, according to Canadian officials.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said in a news release that employees at the Sea to Sky Gondola noticed a cable down and saw several gondolas on the ground around 7:00 a.m. After an initial assessment of the situation by employees, the RCMP was contacted and are currently treating the incident as "criminal in nature."
The popular sightseeing attraction is located in Squamish, British Columbia, about 40 miles north of Vancouver. The attraction gives guests a 10-minute ride, rising to over 2,900 feet above sea level and "provides sweeping views of the Howe Sound and surrounding mountains."
Each gondola car can carry up to eight people, and feature floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
The RCMP said Saturday they are working with Technical Safety BC and the gondola's manufacturer, Doppelmayr, in addition to walking the gondola line so that it can be properly inspected. Authorities are also asking anyone with information or who may have been in the area at the time to contact them.
The RCMP said that they are looking to speak with hikers, climbers and campers who were in the areas of the Sea to Sky Gondola as well as the Stawamus Chief Provincial Park between 4:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. on Saturday.
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If gondolas crash in the forest and nobody is there to hear them...
Yeah, I have been on same (but not glass bottom), when I skied in the 80s. Great memories. It sounds like this might be one of the older Blackcomb/Whistler lifts that was recommissioned at Squamish as a tourist lift?
My first thought was eco radicals.
“Environmentalist or Muslim?”
Exactly what I was thinking.
Kind of like the USAs West Coast
“IIRC there is no local Amish in that area.”
Vancouver does have some “local Amish” but I think it was the Sikhs!
/Severe sarcasm
BOLD it.
We need gon control! Its the only way to make sure people dont cut these cords!
Alla Who Ack Ack Bar.
Poifect!
I didn’t say I was afraid of ski lifts, just that I hated riding them. Yes, the risks are extremely, insignificantly small. I’ve also flown thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of miles with no level of anxiety.
i.e. that means very little
“Apparently they fell during the night while it was not in operation.”
gotta be one of the following:
1. disgruntled worker
2. eco-terrorist
3. competitor
I think this is all the fault of lacking legislation on Bolt Cutter purchase background checks. Semi-Auto bolt cutters are really assault bolt cutters and the citizens should not be allowed to have them — they aren’t really needed for hunting.
DUDE !
Did you really kill it so much ?!!
Which are basically all achievements.
Well hold on there.
Are we really sure that Semi-Auto bolt cutters aren’t really needed for hunting?
I went on one that was absolutely gulp inducing. It was in Chamonix in the French Alps. It took you up to Aiguile du Midi. It was in two stages. The first stage rises up from the valley and is very typical with lots of towers and you float above treetops. The second stage which you cannot see from the start in the valley has no towers and is way way above a glacial ice field and only ends at the summit at around 13000 ft above sea level. It was like mountain climbing without actually mountain climbing. As you approach the summit you are almost going vertically upwards. The gondola had a whole lot of cables attached to it so you felt this was one serious ride. Nevertheless all you can say when you see it the first time is holy...bleep!
Thank God no one was in them. I’m scared enough riding the “sky” lifts at the beach.
Well, they are birds of a feather...at least the leftards think so.
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