ByMark Willard•

February 23, 2026

Updated: February 23, 2026, 12:00 pm ESTPublished: February 23, 2026, 12:00 pm EST

Even the most daring and experienced skiers don’t want to get down the mountain this way. Sixty-seven skiers waited for hours as crews worked to rescue them from a gondola stuck in mid-air over the Gore Mountain ski resort in New York. Watch how they were carefully lowered to the ground one-by-one, amid strong winds and temperatures in the 20s.