[ noun ] a ski lift on which riders (skiers or sightseers) are seated and carried up or down a mountainside; seats are hung from an endless overhead cable <noun.artifact>
chairlift \chair"lift\ n. a ski lift on which riders are seated.
Syn: chair lift. [WordNet 1.5]
Inspectors were at an Aspen ski resort Sunday to determine why a chairlift slid 35 feet backward, causing five skiers to fall or jump to the ground and leaving 200 others stranded.