More than five dozen winter adventurers had an experience recently that likely wasn’t on their agenda.

A gondola malfunction left nearly 70 skiers stuck in midair for hours at a New York ski resort. The incident occurred Wednesday morning at Gore Mountain in North Creek.

Resort officials said the gondola stopped due to a mechanical alignment issue that triggered a safety sensor — bringing the lift to an automatic stop, Olympic Regional Development Authority and Gore Mountain said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

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A standard evacuation was immediately launched — with trained mountain operations and ski patrol teams assisting passengers.

Some 67 guests were riding in roughly 20 cabins at the time. 

ll were returned to the ground without injuries, the department noted.

The call for assistance was made shortly after 9 a.m. The evacuation was completed before 2 p.m., leaving skiers stranded for nearly five hours, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital.

The gondola returned to normal operations Thursday morning, Gore Mountain said.

“We are grateful to our guests for their patience and cooperation.”

“Thanks to the hard work of our crew, the Northwoods Gondola has been repaired, all safety checks completed, and the lift returned to service this morning,” the resort said. 

“We are grateful to our guests for their patience and cooperation.”

Officials said some of the responding forest rangers had completed gondola evacuation training at Gore Mountain last fall, helping crews safely carry out the rescue.

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“Safety remains our top priority, and our teams are fully trained and experienced in managing situations like this,” Olympic Regional Development Authority said.

The incident also drew attention online, with some users on social media reacting to the evacuation as it unfolded.

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One user emphasized that he or she had no issues with keeping plans for skiing at Gore Mountain following the incident, though the person mentioned avoiding the gondola.

Others commented on the experience of being stranded at some height, noting that gondola cabins may feel safer than open chairlifts in similar situations.

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“Had it been a chair lift, that would have been very cold,” one user commented.

Gore Mountain in New York is one of the “most popular alpine skiing and snowboarding destinations in the Adirondacks, with an even mix of trails across levels and plenty of gorgeous glades, including the longest gladed trail in the Northeast,” according to the Visit the Adirondacks website.

“Had it been a chair lift, that would have been very cold.”

“Winter activities include downhill, cross-country skiing, snowboarding and snowshoeing. Special events range from non-competitive family-oriented fun to regional and Northeastern ski races.”

The site also notes that “Gore has an incredible gondola ride that warms guests while offering stunning views of the snowy slopes before it’s time to zip down again.”

Seven churches in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will close next month.

These closures will impact Catholics in places like Swissvale, Turtle Creek, and Braddock, with churches in the Saint Joseph the Worker Parish, leaving St. Maurice Church in Forest Hills as the only one of those churches remaining.

The announcement came just minutes into Sunday’s mass at St. Maurice as it was streamed online.

Good Shepherd Church, Madonna del Castello Church, Sacred Heart Church, St. Anselm Church, St. Colman Church, St. John Fisher Church, and St. Jude the Apostle Church are all slated to close on March 12.

KDKA-TV’s Shelley Bortz first reported on the potential for closures last October. The parish said financial struggles and declining attendance were part of the problem.

“We’ve been expecting this, unfortunately, due to many things: population decrease, coming to church, and not enough priests. So, we have those issues that we’ve been dealing with,” Sandi Hartman, a parishioner, said to KDKA-TV at the time.

Those sentiments were echoed on the altar on Sunday. 

The letter read to the congregation came from Bishop Mark Eckman. He said in it that he recognizes the news brings a time of big changes, along with a sense of loss, too.

Eckman wrote that the parish’s mission remains unchanged and that the move will better resource the parish.

In the meantime, the church plans to take time to honor the churches that will be closing, as said on its livestream on Sunday.