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60+mph Wind-Gust Derails Gondola and Chairlift in Bariloche, Argentina Today

A monster 60+mph gust of wind derailed the Amancay Gondola and Militares Chairlift at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today at about 2pm local time. We were skiing at Cerro Catedral today and we hiked to the summit (summit chair, Nubes, was closed due to high wind) and we experienced possibly the strongest winds we’ve ever walked in up there […]

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SnowBrains | September 19, 2019
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2 Critically Injured After Chairlift Falls at Crystal Mountain Ski Resort, B.C.

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Two people have been critically injured and two received minor injures after an empty chair hit a ski lift tower at Crystal Mountain ski resort nearl Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada on Saturday around 11am. The empty chair that hit the tower causing the cable to derail. All the chairs in the area of that derailed tower instantly fell about 20 feet to the ground. ‘The chair was swinging and hit the tower and that was it’- General Manager Mike Morin told the CBC. The two injured men were in the […]

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SnowBrains | March 3, 2014
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