Hundreds stranded after power outage stops Banff National Park gondola

An undisclosed number of people were trapped for hours on a mountain after a power outage shut down a gondola in Banff National Park.

On Tuesday, the RCMP told Global News that as of 7:55 a.m., helicopters were being called in to bring people to the bottom of Sulphur Mountain.

The people were stranded on top of the mountain when a gondola stopped working.

Tanya Otis, spokesperson for gondola operator Pursuit, said that on Monday night the town of Banff suffered a power outage due to lightning, which shut down the gondola.

People who were on the gondola itself were brought down by rescue crews, Otis said.

Some people chose to hike down the mountain while others stayed behind.

No injuries have been reported, she said, adding there is no time estimate as to when the gondola will reopen.

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