A raise incident occurred on the Comet Categorical at Heavenly this morning, injuring 5 folks. Two quad chairs could possibly be seen stacked collectively close to the bottom of the raise with a number of friends on the bottom under being assisted by ski patrol and one visitor pinned between the chairs. “Chair slid backwards with folks on it into the chair behind it,” wrote a witness on Reddit. “The folks within the entrance chair fell off,” the particular person stated. The raise was closed for the day. “Heavenly Mountain Resort can verify an incident occurred on its Comet Categorical chairlift immediately, Monday, December 23, 2024,” the resort stated in a press release. “The protection of our friends is our prime precedence and the resort is investigating the incident.” A flight monitoring web site reveals a medevac helicopter landed in one in every of Heavenly’s parking tons earlier than persevering with to a Reno hospital.
Comet Categorical was constructed by Doppelmayr and opened in 1988. It’s the oldest removable raise at Heavenly and options DS collection grips.
