Hundreds were evacuated after the gondola at Winter Park Resort in Colorado experienced a malfunction and stopped, leaving visitors suspended mid-air.

The Gondola at Winter Park reopened just after 1 p.m. on Dec. 23, fully repaired a little more than 24 hours after a broken steel beam on a tower forced

Park's gondola reopened after breaking over the weekend. The popular Colorado ski resort had to shut down the gondola on Saturday after a malfunction and the approximately 175 passengers on it had to evacuate the lifts by climbing down ropes.