An investigation was underway after a visitor said she was stranded in a snow resort gondola overnight in South Lake Tahoe, California. Monica Laso was at Heavenly Mountain Resort with friends ...

A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort.

A woman was trapped overnight inside a gondola at South Lake Tahoe’s Heavenly Mountain Resort. One of the resort’s gondolas is shown here in November 2021.

FILE — A skier kicks up some powder at Heavenly Ski Resort, in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., April 14, 2010. A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight Thursday, Jan. 26, 2024, inside a ski lift ...

Right before Lake Tahoe sees a major snowstorm, Heavenly Ski Resort's gondola shuts down indefinitely and there is no “definitive timeline” on when it reopens.