Park's gondola reopened after breaking over the weekend. The popular Colorado ski resort had to shut down the gondola on Saturday after a malfunction and the approximately 175 passengers on it had to evacuate the lifts by climbing down ropes.

The Gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped around noon Saturday, leaving visitors suspended mid-air.

Ski patrollers at the Winter Park Resort in Colorado used ropes to lower passengers stuck in gondola cabins dozens of feet to the ground, after the lift machine experienced an 'operational malfunction' on Dec.