Visitors stranded overnight at top of Banff Gondola (www.iheartradio.ca)

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As many as 300 people were stranded at the top of Sulphur Mountain after a technical issue on Monday disabled the Banff Gondola.

RCMP told CTV News they were called by number of people who said they were trapped on the mountain following the shut down.

A power outage reported by Fortis Alberta is believed to be the cause, but no details have been confirmed.

There is a visitor building and restaurant at the top, I expect they all crammed into it. Hopefully no one was left in a gondola car.

Got to 9 C overnight in town of Banff, would have been much colder up on the mountaintop.

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[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

I hope no one was hurt, but honestly that sounds like a good time.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

So long as you're not actually on the cable car (which does at least have this thing for emergency disembarkation)

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, that would suck so bad with that many people. Though, I suppose that's how they got up to the visitor centre in the first place.

[-] ReallyKinda@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

“Police say Parks Canada and independent contractors are working together to bring people down from the mountain along a 5.5-kilometre hiking trail.”

Damn, could be rough for people who were not prepared for a hike. They’ll have a story to tell when they get home!

[+] AstralPath@lemmy.ca -10 points 2 years ago

Lmao it's maybe a 2 hour leisurely walk down the mountain; doable in sneakers. Isn't it wild the percentage of people in our society that would be stuck sleeping on a floor just because a gondola shut down on some minor hill in the rockies?

Isn't there a road up the west side anyway?

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Entirely different when it's late at night in the dark. If power was knocked out from a storm it would have been stormy and slippery too.

[-] Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't call it leisurely. Anyone slightly out of shape or with knee issues would struggle.

[-] theforkofdamocles@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

Absolutely! I went up with my dad years ago. No way could he have walked down the mountain.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Some people take the gondola because they are physically unable to hike dip shit

[-] UncleBadTouch@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

if people were prepared for the walk down, why even take the gondola in the first place?

Oh, its so the people who are unable to do the hike are still able to get to the top, and back, without having the physical ability to do so. Hopefully you understand just how stupid your statement really is