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Tower down.

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This is incredibly scarey. It happened at Silver Mountain in Washington. Apparently the tower was cracked, some water got in, and the freeze/thaw cycle caused this to occur. Thankfully, no one was on the lift.

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Yikes. Do you know when this was? I can't find any articles about it after a quick search on google news. Also, do you know if it happened after-hours? Is that why no one was on the lift at the time?

Whenever I start thinking about terrible things that could happen on a chairlift, they always involve the cable -- I never realized those poles could snap like that. Must have been quite a crack, though... it looks like the whole cylinder is filled with snow/ice.
 
It happened November 30, and yes, it was during the night so no one was on the lift.
 

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