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Falcon Chair

UPDATE: 10:55 a.m.

Power has been restored at Big White.

According to FortisBC, power on the west side of the hill went down shortly after midnight.

While power has been restored, the Gem Lake Express, Falcon and Cliff chairs are all on wind hold at the moment.

UPDATE: 8:50 a.m.

Big White has been able to get the Powder Chair up and running using back up diesel power.

No word yet on the Falcon and Gem Lake Express chairs.

ORIGINAL: 8:15 a.m.

A portion of the west side of Big White is affected by a power outage this morning.

In a brief message from senior vice-president Michael J. Ballingall, the outage is affecting operation of the Gem Lake Express, Powder Chair, and the Falcon Chair.

Ballingall tells Castanet News the outage is only affecting those lifts.

The remainder of the resort and the village are not affected.

FortisBC has been alerted and are on their way to work on the problem.

This is the second time power has been lost at the ski hill.

Power was out to most of the resort last Friday when a snow covered tree took out a power pole.