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Employee Killed Yesterday When Cable Car Fell From Cable at European Ski Resort

An employee was killed in the Czech Republic after a vintage cable car detached from the cable and plummeted to the mountain floor below. The cable car has been running since 1933 and is the country’s oldest. The accident happened yesterday at around 1:30 pm local time at the Ještěd cableway.  Smutný den na Ještědu😢 Zaměstnanci Skiareálu Ještěd byli mezi prvními svědky, […]

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SnowBrains | November 1, 2021
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[VIDEO] 14 Killed When Cable Car at Popular Italian Ski Area Plummeted to Ground

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SnowBrains | May 24, 2021
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World’s first Cross-Border Cable Car To Connect Russia And China

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As ski, snowboard, and ski resort enthusiast we are used to boarding cable cars to get high, gain elevation, in the slopes. But this means of transport’s potential goes much further than just the mountain. In fact, the first-ever cross border cable car project is scheduled to start building in 2020, and it will connect the cities of Blagoveshchensk, Russia, […]

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Michael Muchacho | December 20, 2019
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Tanzania Government Plans on Putting a Cable Car Up Mount Kilimanjaro to Boost Tourist Revenue

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African country Tanzania wants to boost tourist numbers by putting a cable car on 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the world’s tallest free-standing mountain and is in talks about the project with a Chinese and a Western company. 50,000 tourists climb Kilimanjaro annually and officials estimate a cable car could increase tourist numbers by 50 percent, reports the East African. “We are still […]

SnowBrains | May 10, 2019
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World’s Highest Roof-Top Cable Car Opens in Tignes, France

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The world’s first high-altitude cable car roof terrace is now open to transport skiers and snowboarders up the mountain in Tignes, France. This exciting new attraction starts at the Tignes funicular station at a height of 6,900-feet (2,100-meters). The cable cars lead up to the Grande Motte Glacier, which is at an altitude of just under 10,000-feet (3,032-meters). The views from […]

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SnowBrains | October 16, 2018
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UPDATE: Despite Disastrous Cable Car Fire the Grand Montets Ski Area near Chamonix, France WILL Open this Winter

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In the early afternoon of Tuesday 11th September, a devastating fire broke out at the upper station of the 1st cable-car between Argentière & Lognan (Les Grands Montets ski area), near Chamonix, France. The fire spread almost instantaneously throughout all the buildings of the arrival station, creating severe damage to the infrastructures of the two cable-cars, causing cables to snap […]

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Steven Agar | September 14, 2018
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Famous Cable Car Badly Smashed in Germany Today

According to Kriesbote, an unmanned maintenance basket collided with an empty cable car after a chain hoist broke at Zugspitze ski resort in Germany today. No one was injured in the accident. Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany at 9,717′.   Zugspitze ski areas 10 lifts are located on the Zugspitze mountain. The accident occurred during a routine maintenance operation. The broken […]

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SnowBrains | September 13, 2018
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Chamonix, France Cable Car Fire a ‘Big, Big Disaster’ | Cables Snapped Sending Gondolas Crashing to Valley Below

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The fire that engulfed the Lognan cable car mid-station in Chamonix yesterday has been described as a ‘big, big disaster’ by Compagnie du Mont Blanc president, Mathieu Dechavanne. The lift, which connects Argentiere and Les Grands Montets ski area, was severely damaged. ‘The fire took hold quickly and progressed into the lift building. No one has been injured which is the […]

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Firebrains | September 12, 2018
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