Dozens of skiers were dramatically rescued from stalled gondola cabins at an upstate New York ski resort after a mechanical problem left them stranded several feet in the air for hours.

The lift system at Gore Mountain in North Creek was forced to shut down on Wednesday after its tower wheel assembly moved out of alignment leaving 67 skiers stuck in 20 towering gondola cabins.

Photos captured state park rangers and staff members rushing to climb lift poles, scale the cables between the individual cabins and then use rope and body harnesses to meticulously lower each person to the snowy ground.

The entire rescue mission at the mountain took five hours. No one was injured, authorities said.

Although temperatures were below freezing on the slopes roughly 90 miles from Albany, the enclosed cabins stayed warm in the sunlight.

It was sobering and something that Ill probably carry with me for the rest of my life, Kevin Bolan, a 64-year-old physician assistant and longtime skier, told the Associated Press.

You think nothing of getting on a lift or getting on a gondola, and now youre going to think twice, he added.

Youre going to make sure you go to the bathroom and maybe have a power bar with you and make sure youre prepared, just like if you were going into the woods on a hike.

The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority, which operates Gore Mountain, said the mechanical issue triggered a safety sensor that stopped the lift immediately.

Our trained mountain operations team carried out the evacuation, and guests were supported throughout the process, the authority said in a statement.

Safety remains our top priority, and our teams are fully trained and experienced in managing situations like this.

The gondola lift reopened on Thursday.

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纽约州北部一处滑雪胜地发生机械故障，导致数十名滑雪者被困在离地数米高的缆车舱内数小时，最终他们被戏剧性地成功救出。

周三，北溪戈尔山的缆车系统因塔轮组件移位而被迫停运，导致67名滑雪者被困在20个高耸的吊舱中。

照片显示，州立公园的护林员和工作人员迅速行动，他们攀爬升降杆、沿着缆车车厢间的钢索前进，随后利用绳索和安全带将每位乘客小心翼翼地降落到积雪的地面上。

此次山区救援行动全程耗时五小时。当局表示，无人员在事故中受伤。

尽管距离奥尔巴尼约90英里的山坡上气温低于冰点，但阳光照射下的封闭小屋仍保持着温暖。

“这件事发人深省，可能会成为我余生难忘的记忆。”64岁的医师助理、资深滑雪爱好者凯文·博兰（Kevin Bolan）对美联社表示。

他补充道："你以前对乘坐电梯或缆车毫不在意，但现在可得三思而后行了。"

你要确保自己上过洗手间，或许还要随身带根能量棒，做好充分准备，就像要去森林徒步一样。

负责运营戈尔山的纽约州奥林匹克地区发展局表示，机械故障触发了安全传感器，导致缆车立即停止运行。

当局在声明中表示：“我们训练有素的山地行动小组执行了疏散任务，并在整个过程中为游客提供了全程协助。”

安全始终是我们的首要任务，我们的团队在应对此类情况时训练有素且经验丰富。

缆车于周四恢复运营。

据《华盛顿邮报》报道