VIDEO: Skier rescued after slipping, dangling from chairlift

NEW YORK (1010 WBEN) -- A skier dangled from a chairlift for more than two minutes after she slipped off of it at a Rochester area ski resort, video shows.

The girl was on a chairlift at Bristol Mountain Ski Resort in Canandaigua on Sunday night when she slipped and started dangling, Spectrum News reported.

Staff members rescued the girl by holding a tarp under the lift, a Storyful video published by the New York Post shows.

The girl fell onto the tarp and wasn’t injured, according to Spectrum News.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the skier managed to slip out of the lift. An investigation is ongoing.

Featured Image Photo Credit: Jacklyn Hoch via Storyful