"Eyewitnesses said the woman attempted to board the gondola late, and the doors closed on her ski boot, according to TownLift Park City News. The outlet reported that she was carried upside down roughly 15 feet off the ground for about 50 feet before the lift was stopped. Park City Mountain employees quickly rescued the woman using a ladder and freed her boot from the cabin door."
"She was unharmed, and the gondola resumed operations within five minutes, Park City Mountain spokesperson John Kanaly said. The Red Pine Gondola remained in operation the following day. Videos of the incident briefly circulated on social media before being removed at the request of those involved. Resort officials indicated the episode appeared to be a rare boarding error rather than a mechanical failure."
At about 1:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve a skier at Park City Mountain in Utah became caught when a Red Pine Gondola cabin door closed on her ski boot as she attempted to board late. She was carried upside down roughly 15 feet off the ground for about 50 feet before the lift was stopped. Employees rescued her with a ladder and freed her boot; she was unharmed and operations resumed within five minutes. The gondola remained in service the next day and videos were briefly shared then removed. Officials characterized the event as a rare boarding error rather than a mechanical failure. The season has seen multiple serious lift incidents, including a 15-foot chairlift fall in March, a severe chairlift injury in the Italian Dolomites on Christmas Eve, a fatal magic-carpet entrapment of a 5-year-old in northern Japan on December 28, and a December 15 chairlift accident at Vail Mountain that hospitalized two men.
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