The new gondola carries both skiers and non-skiers to the restaurant for lunch and eventually dinner year-round.

A quad lift and a tow lift carry skiers and snowboarders up the mountain.

Lifts quickly carry skiers back to the top of the "mountain" for maximum skiing time.

And there were charming little touches that added to the fun, such as the horse-drawn sleigh that carried skiers to the gondola.

Ski train were trains specifically used for carrying skiers from populated cities to ski areas in America.

The next morning Nicole was one of the first in line for the cable car that carried skiers to the top of the Weissfluhjoch.

Snowcoaches - snow-going buses - would still operate, carrying cross-country skiers and other tourists.

The term ski lift generally refers to any cable transport device that carries skiers up a hill.

The owners also said they were being treated unfairly and noted that a helicopter service already carried skiers to the top of the mountain.

Twenty-five lifts, including a 50-passenger aerial tram and a high-speed quad, carry skiers up the mountain.