Video Shows Skiers Rescued From Broken Chairlift At New Hampshire Mountain

CBS Boston

February 6, 2025

FRANCONIA, NH - Dozens of skiers had to be rescued from a broken chairlift on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire Wednesday morning.

Mountain officials said a bolt attached to the power take off shaft failed, leaving 64 passengers stranded. It was just three days ago that a man fell 20 feet from a broken chairlift at another New Hampshire ski resort.

Dangling 25 feet above the snowy slopes of Cannon Mountain, hearts were racing. Stranded skiers like Rich Finnegan had to rappel from a rope out of their chair on the Peabody Express Quad Lift after the lift malfunctioned.

Ski Patrol at Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire rescue a skier from a broken chairlift/Phil DeFeo/CBS Boston

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