Skier's mishap causes exposure

The man, who to his undoubted relief has not been identified, was left hanging upside down from a ski lift with his trousers around his knees.

He had boarded the high speed lift in Vail's Blue Sky basin with a child but, unfortunately for him, the fold-down seat was not in the correct lowered-down position.

That caused the skier to slip through the resulting gap as he attempted to board the lift. He was prevented from plummeting to the ground below by his right ski, which became jammed in the ascending lift.

With his boot remaining securely in its binding, his pants appeared to have also been caught in the lift as he fell - leaving him utterly exposed.

Tourists in the crowded ski resort promptly whipped out their cameras. He was stuck in the undignified position for about 15 minutes before Vail personnel were able to back the lift up and rescue him. Brudirect