Whitehorse’s Mount Sima ski hill closed after chairlift malfunction that left 100 people in the air [Video]

The Mount Sima ski hill near Whitehorse will be closed for the remainder of the Christmas holidays after its chairlift stopped working on Sunday, stranding more than a hundred people in the air. 

Tom Luxemburger, president of the Friends of Mount Sima Society, said there’s “only a few specialized engineers in the world” who deal with high tension cables for chairlifts, and there’s no exact timeline for repairs right now. 

“The expert that we are going to be using, unfortunately he’s in Switzerland right now. So we are co-ordinating with him in terms of what we can get in terms of consultation remotely,” Luxemburger said.

Luxemburger said there’s an “abrasion” on the main cable line that needs to be fixed. One of the main pieces that guide the chairs into a narrow passage to spin around something called a bullwheel became dislodged on Sunday, he said. 

“So instead of guiding …