Surely was. The cable car replaced a dangerous & failure-prone chairlift that had been originally built in the 1960s.

About 12 years ago a friend was on the chairlift when it got jammed somehow and stopped. He & his terrified 9-year-old daughter were stuck up there for a few hours until rescuers with an off-road elevating work platform coud get to them.

The new operation uses tried & proven Swiss technology.