Sea to Sky Gondola closes following a ‘major lift incident’

SQUAMISH – The Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish is closed for the foreseeable future due to a "major lift incident" according to an alert posted to its website.

Photos of cars on the ground and detached cables from the sea to sky gondola's overnight collapse #squamish #gondola #seatoskygondola pic.twitter.com/oQlaUBhGvx

— John Barry (@tx_john) August 10, 2019

"At approximately 4:30  a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, we received an alert that the haul rope for Sea to Sky Gondola had fallen and the lift was inoperable," reads a media release on the incident.

"No guests or staff were on the gondola and no injuries were sustained in the incident. The gondola is currently closed and all media inquiries should be directed to the Squamish RCMP."

"at 4am we heard what sounded like a massive rock fall. This morning we can see a cable from between the first tower & base laying in the ground. All those cabins are in the ground. Unbelievable- good thing it wasn’t 4pm. "

— oplopanax.cs (@lithohedron) August 10, 2019

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