Colorado ski resort gondola malfunctions, 174 rescued: 'Once-in-a-lifetime-experience'

More than 170 people were rescued from dangling gondolas at a Colorado ski resort after being trapped for hours due to a malfunction.

A crack detected in a metal support structure prompted one of the lifts at Winter Park Resort outside of Denver to automatically shut down Saturday afternoon for safety precautions, according to media reports. It then took rescuers five hours to lower 174 people to the ground, a resort spokesperson told KDVR. ---More...