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 […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 13, 2018 0 Comments
Chamonix, France Cable Car Fire a ‘Big, Big Disaster’ | Cables Snapped Sending Gondolas Crashing to Valley Below 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 […] Fire Firebrains | September 12, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Breaking News – Lognan Cable Car, Chamonix, France on Fire this Afternoon Sept. 11th 2018 The mid-mountain Lognan cable car station in Argentière, near Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, has been on fire since 14:00 local time on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. The Telepherique du Lognan cable car serves Les Grands Montets (10,810 ft), a skiing area famous for its steep and demanding slopes, both on-piste as well as off-piste. Helicopters have been dropping water in an attempt to […] Fire SnowBrains | September 11, 2018 0 Comments
Reckon You Could ‘Make Like James Bond’ and Escape from a Locked Cable Car? Val Thorens, France Opens World’s Highest Escape Room Being trapped in a cable car cabin suspended high above a mountain in a ski resort with just one hour to get out sounds more like a scene out of James Bond than a lovely day out, reports the Telegraph. But that hasn’t stopped Europe’s highest ski resort, Val Thorens in France, from opening its latest attraction, Escape Game Caron. Inspired by the […] Industry News Steven Agar | April 10, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Record Setting Cable Car On Germany’s Highest Peak Opened On Friday [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tztlrIzlyU"] Chris Wallner | December 26, 2017 150 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
VIDEO: Speed Flyer Lands Inside Moving Cable Car in Chamonix, France 500′ Off The Ground [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nstg5JDUzW4"] CragBrains | July 25, 2017 44 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
93mph Winds Trap 153 Skiers In Cable Cars In The Italian Alps On Saturday, 153 skiers were trapped in cable cars at the Italian Ski Resort of Cervinia, which is located in the Aosta Valley close to the Swiss Boarder. The cable car failed at an elevation of 8,336 feet. High winds meant that rescue crews couldn’t use helicopters, so they had to resort to ground rescue operations. Wind gusts of up […] Industry News Chris Wallner | December 27, 2016 2 Comments
251 People Stranded in France’s Legendary Aiguille du Midi Cable Car Yesterday | 45 Round-Trip Heli Extractions Needed… The experience of being trapped, dangling at 7,600 ft in one of the world’s longest tramways would be scary enough.  Getting extracted via helicopter from the tram to get back down to safety would probably be terrifying for most people.  Yet, there are likely a few people in here who’d have liked it… If you’ve ever been trapped on a […] SnowBrains | May 16, 2013 10 Comments