An old Excaliber Gondola tower collapsed at Whistler today:

At least a dozen passengers are trapped inside two gondolas after a tower partially collapsed at Canada’s Whistler ski resort on Tuesday.

Police said there were no serious injuries, but the passengers are stranded as emergency officials work out a plan to evacuate them from the gondolas on the Excalibur lift.

I wonder if anyone will get a discount or refund on lift tickets. This is not the new Peak-to-Peak, but it is an important lift and must give people the jitters. It also may shutdown access to key parts of the mountain while other lifts are inspected.

The Leader Post has images of the tower that failed. It looks like it snapped in half, leaving one of the gondolas hanging just six feet off the ground. Another gondola is suspended over a creek.