After hours of sitting stranded in their gondolas due to a broken ski lift, 174 people were brought down by rope rescues at a Colorado resort on Saturday. The chairlift system automatically stopped just after noon when it detected a malfunction, according to Winter Park Resort. Riders who were stuck in the gondolas were brought down individually by Winter Park Ski Patrol. Winter Park Ski Patrol during a rope rescue on Saturday. The ski patrol team helped instruct her on how to rappel down from the lift, she said.

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Persons: Derek Petrie, Taylor Scotland, Alexey Dmitriev, Dmitriev Organizations: Riders, Winter, NBC News, Colorado Tramway Locations: Colorado