For the first time, three survivors agreed to tell the story of that day. It was the deadliest lift accident in the history of skiing in Colorado.
VAIL, Colo. — A little before 9:20 a.m. on March 26, 1976, an unraveling wire on Vail ski area’s Lionshead gondola unleashed a tragedy – two cars, each carrying six people, plunged 125 feet and ...