Safety is in the spotlight after a string of issues on New Hampshire ski area chairlifts this month. "Each time I voted for you, it was because I knew you'd make things right and you'd fix the wrongs. I'm counting on you now to make this right too."

The lift experienced a deropement at tower 8, the ski area said, and the evacuation process took roughly one and a half hours. No injuries were reported. Pats Peak ski patrollers

Wind gusts caused a chairlift malfunction that resulted in dozens of skiers being evacuated at a popular New Hampshire ski resort earlier this month, the state fire marshal said Tuesday.