A whole bunch of skiers needed to be rescued by helicopter on Christmas Eve after chairlifts at two totally different resorts within the French Alps broke down.
Dramatic video exhibits skiers at SuperDevoluy resort in Dévoluy hanging under a helicopter close to a immobile chairlift. One of many resort’s chairlifts broke down round 1 p.m. native time Tuesday as a result of {an electrical} downside with certainly one of its motors, reported Nouvelle Republique.
About 240 skiers have been evacuated from the raise by round 5 p.m. native time on the resort in France’s Southern Alps, the place the elevation ranges from 6,000 to eight,200 toes above sea stage. Nobody was damage, reported Le Monde.
In Savoie, additionally within the French Alps, round 100 skiers have been caught on a raise Tuesday on the La Norma ski resort, reported TF1, in an unrelated incident. The resort within the Maurienne Valley rises from 4,500 to almost 9,000 toes in elevation.
The rescues got here a day after the death of a 26-year-old Olympic snowboarder at a resort within the Swiss Alps. Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland’s snowboard cross crew on the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, died in an avalanche on the Arosa resort, the nation’s ski federation introduced Tuesday.
