Mount Sima chairlift broke down in Whitehorse
Lift was stopped for about 45 minutes
CBC News
Posted: Mar 5, 2012 5:31 PM CST
Last Updated: Mar 6, 2012 6:37 AM CST
The brand-new chairlift at Mount Sima broke down for about 45 minutes Monday, on the first day of the Arctic Winter Games, which is using the ski hill for some events. (Moutn Sima/Facebook)
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The chairlift at Whitehorse's Mount Sima ski hill broke down at about 12:30 p.m. local time.
The lift was being used for several Arctic Winter Games events such as snowboarding and downhill skiing.
Hill employees took about 45 minutes to repair the lift.
Parker Hickey, the hill's general manager, said a loose wire was the reason for the stop. He said that no one was stuck on the lift when it broke, and that it did not interfere with any events.
"The snowboarding slope style event finished about 15 minutes ahead of time and the alpine event was running a bit late, it’s running a little bit later now, but they’ll be able to finish it today no problem," he said.
This is the first winter the new chairlift is being used after it was replaced last summer.
"I would say any new machine, especially a one-off kind of machine like a chairlift can have little bugs and sometimes those have to be worked out," he said.
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