Users of Mont-Sainte-Anne (MSA) remained stuck for regarding an hour in chairlifts with bubbles while employees had to evacuate customers and change a part of a ski lift.
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The Express du Sud, which is the only lift that allows you to connect to another chair to reach the summit or go to the north side, was shut down between 1:10 p.m. and 2:10 p.m. approximately.
Photo by Jean-Francois Racine
According to skiers who were on site, once the evacuation of the chairs was completed, the MSA maintenance team replaced a part and following carrying out tests with the empty chairlifts, the lift was put back into operation.
Photo by Jean-Francois Racine
Several employees were needed to evacuate the premises and provide explanations to the people on site.
“The patrollers were very transparent and reassuring,” said the Journal a lady who has remained immobilized in a bubble.
Photo by Jean-Francois Racine
The mechanical problems occurred at a very bad time since the ski resort was very busy, with the many centimeters of snow that had fallen over the past two days.
After a gondola crash in December, Mont-Sainte-Anne resumed its activities last Sunday, January 8.
– With the collaboration of Jean-François Racine
