To recap the incident, per the KCRA article (https://www.kcra.com/article/heavenly-ski-resort-woman-stuck-gondola-15-hours/46557458?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot), appears to be: this particular person acquired separated from her group, and being too drained to ski down, was directed to the gondola. She acquired on, after which the gondola was shut down for the evening. And this particular person was stranded in a single day as a result of she had no cellphone with which to contact her group, and was unable to attract consideration from late evening staff down under as a result of she was within the enclosed area of a gondola cabin.
(Sidenote, the truth that she didn’t have a approach to contact her group is the factor that basically bothers me. I believed fundamental 101 of snowboarding/boarding with a gaggle is that you must have a approach to contact each other for those who get separated, and extra importantly, plan a spot to satisfy for those who ought to get separated like a chairlift or a base space.)
The query I’ve is: what are the procedures when ensuring a gondola is obvious of riders earlier than shutting it down? I do know that with chairlifts, it’s a mixture of three practices: flipping up seats, marking a final chair with a cone, and/or having a elevate operator/patroller ski the elevate line (if it’s a elevate the place that is doable). However what it’s like with gondolas?
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