"About three-quarters of the way up, the lift stopped for roughly four minutes,"
"When the chair started moving again, it seemed like just another brief hiccup in a skier's day,"
"dangling about 20 feet above the snow in moderately cold temperatures with a light breeze-fine for skiing, not so great for sitting still"
"A small crowd gathered outside the Summit House restaurant, watching the unfolding event"
On January 9, Chair 1 at Whitefish Mountain Resort experienced multiple stoppages, leaving roughly 150–200 skiers stranded on the lift. A skier near the top reported the lift stopped initially for about four minutes, briefly resumed, then stopped again about 20 feet above the snow. Stranded skiers waited in moderately cold, breezy conditions while resort personnel monitored the situation and offered warmers. After roughly 90 minutes staff prepared an evacuation, bringing employees to the summit via snowmobile to assist with lowering occupants from the lift.
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