Winds of up to 100 km/h rock the Cervinia ski resort in Italy. A chair that was about to be covered shook very badly. The skiers were still in the seats. The video is amazing.
Great fear for skiers. In Cervinia, in the Italian Alps, strong winds with gusts of up to 100 km/h suddenly hit the ski area on Thursday afternoon. Officials were about to close the ski lifts but did not have time to disembark all the passengers in time.
The seats of the Cretas chair rocked harder and harder, once to the left and once to the right, clinging ever more firmly to the cable connecting the top of the ski lift. We can only imagine the fear the last passengers must have had.
“During the descent phase – safely and according to procedures – a new increase in air was recorded,” explained the ski resort in comments reported by Italian media. Astacera.
In a few minutes, the wind gusted from 20-30 kmph to 110 kmph. Weather Valle d'Aosta.
The last passengers managed to get off the top of the chair unscathed, but history does not say how they got back down and how long it took to get back to the station.
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