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This happened a few days ago, but I don't think it's been mentioned here before.
Dozens of people were left stranded after two cabins collided with the cable car's upper and lower stations near the village of Macugnaga in Piedmont.
A cable car accident in Italy's Piedmont region on Tuesday left at least six people injured, with helicopters deployed to rescue about 100 others, according to local authorities.
At least six people injured and 100 evacuated after Italy cable car crash | Euronews https://www.euronews.com/2025/12/30/at-least-six-people-injured-and-100-evacuated-after-italy-cable-car-crash
Maybe it's just my perception, but there do seem to have been several cable car incidents in Italy in recent years.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I try not to look to be honest. I'm much better at being on gondolas and chairs than I used to be as they're a necessary part of skiing. But I try not to think about the what will happen if they fail...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I always watch ‘Where Eagles Dare’ the week before I go, just to get a few tips on escaping from a doomed cable car.
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@japes1275, 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| japes1275 wrote: |
| I always watch ‘Where Eagles Dare’ the week before I go, just to get a few tips on escaping from a doomed cable car. |
Filmed 20 mins from where I live. One of the original cable cars from the film is located near the mountain station (Feuerkogel).
Amusingly, one of the buildings seen in a panoramic shot of the valley isn't actually from the era that the film was based on.
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| Jäger wrote: |
| japes1275 wrote: |
| I always watch ‘Where Eagles Dare’ the week before I go, just to get a few tips on escaping from a doomed cable car. |
Filmed 20 mins from where I live. One of the original cable cars from the film is located near the mountain station (Feuerkogel).
Amusingly, one of the buildings seen in a panoramic shot of the valley isn't actually from the era that the film was based on. |
A nice place to live I’m sure. I’ll be passing the ‘Schloss Adler’ two weeks today, hopefully it will be surrounded by snow like it was 3 years ago when I last visited. Not been to the area where the actual cable car scenes were filmed.
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| Maybe it's just my perception, but there do seem to have been several cable car incidents in Italy in recent years. |
Italy is the mountain-lift crash capital of the world.
They have a serious safety problem.
Can't think of another country anywhere on the planet that has so many big lift accidents, and so often.
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Only refurbished a couple of years ago.
Dodgy parts, or installation errors?
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Is this why helmets are mandatory now?
I'll get me coat.....
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| japes1275 wrote: |
| I always watch ‘Where Eagles Dare’ the week before I go, just to get a few tips on escaping from a doomed cable car. |
Funny you should say that. I went up Sugarloaf in Rio de Janeiro in October and prepared for it by watching Roger Moore and Richard Kiel’s antics in and exiting the cable car. I felt fully prepared for emergencies provided I had a stunt double.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| Maybe it's just my perception, but there do seem to have been several cable car incidents in Italy in recent years. |
Italy is the mountain-lift crash capital of the world.
They have a serious safety problem.
Can't think of another country anywhere on the planet that has so many big lift accidents, and so often. |
especially when you have septic tank fighter pilots in the area
https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/04/world/20-die-in-italy-as-us-jet-cuts-a-ski-lift-cable.html
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Orange200 wrote: |
| japes1275 wrote: |
| I always watch ‘Where Eagles Dare’ the week before I go, just to get a few tips on escaping from a doomed cable car. |
Funny you should say that. I went up Sugarloaf in Rio de Janeiro in October and prepared for it by watching Roger Moore and Richard Kiel’s antics in and exiting the cable car. I felt fully prepared for emergencies provided I had a stunt double. |
Oooh. Off topic, but would you recommend Sugarloaf? We're off to Brazil in August. Stops in Sao Paolo, Rio, Iguazu, and Ilha Grande. Mr. O has Christ the Redeemer on his must do list. I was looking at Sugarloaf but might end up flying that one solo.
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Do it. And do the premium pass so that you miss the queue. Aim for sunset. The view over Rio is far better than Christ. Do Christ early. The bus from the beach via GetYourGuide was dead easy.
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You know it makes sense.
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A friend of mine did sunset at Sugarloaf and raved about it. She did throw money at it to make it happen as they ended up running late. I'm not above doing the same if it means skipping the queue.
Thanks!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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You miss both the cable car queues up and down. So that’s 4x. And you get to wait in an air con room and given a bottle of water 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Sugarloaf is well worth doing. The views were fabulous. Christ the Redeemer is great too, but the cable car up to Sugarloaf was something else.
Also recommend a short (20 minute) helicopter tour round both attractions!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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especially when you have septic tank fighter pilots in the area
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Oh yes, that was disgraceful. 
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