Golden, B.C., ski gondola loaded with passengers falls to the ground

Karin Larsen · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 10, 2025 2:42 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

A gondola cabin has crashed to the ground at the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort successful Golden, B.C.

Witness Scott Wilson said the cabin fell an estimated 3 metres lone moments aft it was loaded with radical and departed up the hill.

"Patrol responded close distant and immoderate bystander called 911. The doors came ajar successful the autumn but cipher could get retired of the downed cabin. When my lad and I near the country astir five minutes later, the occupants were inactive trapped inside," helium said.

The upland has not confirmed however galore passengers were wrong oregon whether anyone was injured. 

"Our trained attraction squad is evacuating the passengers arsenic per modular operating procedure. A afloat inspection has been initiated to determinate and analyse basal causes," said a connection posted to the Kicking Horse Mountain website.

The incidental happened connected the Golden Eagle Express astatine 9:20 a.m. MT. The compartment tin beryllium seen successful photos lying connected its broadside successful the snow. 

According to Kicking Horse Mountain's website, a afloat loaded Golden Eagle Express gondola cabin holds 8 people.

Wilson said the upland was engaged Monday greeting aft a dump of caller power.

"People took the time disconnected enactment and lineups were huge," helium said. "At archetypal it was conscionable shock. I turned to my lad and I was like, 'I can't judge this conscionable happened. Did you spot that?'"

A spokesperson for the upland said the edifice is present closed for the time and the Golden Eagle Express closed until further notice.

Kicking Horse is owned by Resorts of the Canadian Rockies, which besides owns Mont-Sainte-Anne successful Quebec wherever quality mistake was blamed for a gondola fall in 2023. 

Resorts of the Canadian Rockies also owns Fernie and Kimberley resorts in B.C., Nakiska successful Alberta, and Stoneham successful Quebec, according to the company's website.