Whistler Strands Woman On Gondola Overnight

Whistler Blackcomb Resort rarely seems to get things right when it comes to their lift system. Last week the resort added another fail to their growing list of lift screw-ups when they stranded a 25-year-old woman in a gondola over night, according to a story in the Whistler Question.

The woman, who speaks English as a second language, thought she was downloading from Base II, or mid-station, on Blackcomb to Whistler Village between 5:30 and 6 p.m. last Tuesday (March 1), said Doug Forseth, Whistler Blackcomb’s (WB) senior VP of operations. . . But she loaded the Excalibur heading up to the top of Blackcomb and got stuck overnight when the lift stopped operating.

The woman did not have a cellphone, according to the story. A lift host apparently loaded the woman on the up side of the gondola by mistake and no one noticed until 7:15 AM when they started the lift up for the day. “There was a mistake made… just pure and simple human error,” said Forseth is quoted saying. Well, at least they know that much.

[Link: Whistler Question]