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Gondola falls near base of lift at Kicking Horse ski resort near Golden

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 10 Mar, 2025 03:44 PM

The lifts at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in southeastern British Columbia were shut down Monday after a gondola cabin fell to the ground.

Photos online show the cabin on its side near the base of a lift, suggesting it may have fallen a few metres.

A notice posted online by the ski resort outside Golden, B.C., says the incident occurred at about 9:20 a.m. at the base of the Golden Eagle Express gondola.

The notice says members of the ski patrol along with first responders were quickly dispatched to the scene, while BC Emergency Health Services, which operates ambulances in B.C., says it was not called to attend to anyone with injuries.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark says there was no indication police had been called.

Representatives of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which owns Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, did not respond to questions about the incident.

The notice posted to the resort's website says maintenance and mountain safety teams were working to unload passengers from the gondola.

It says a full inspection was underway to determine what happened, and the gondola manufacturer had been called in to assist the investigation.

The resort says it would be closed for the rest of the day, and the Golden Eagle Express gondola would remain closed until further notice.

The Kicking Horse website says each cabin on the gondola can carry up to eight people over a 3,400-metre ride that takes 12 minutes.

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