40 evacuated after Breckenridge ski lift stalls
Posted: 12.20.2012 at 8:18 PM

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) -- About 40 people have been evacuated from a ski lift at the Breckenridge Ski Resort after the lift stalled.

Resort officials say no one was injured in the incident Thursday afternoon on the Peak 8 SuperConnect lift.

The Summit Daily News reports skiers and snowboarders were lowered to safety by ropes.

The incident was blamed on an unspecified mechanical problem.