Editing Whistler Blackcomb (section)

===Quicksilver Express grip failure, December 23, 1995===
The lift operator on the Quicksilver lift pressed the button to make a routine stop, to allow a fallen skier to get out of the way of the unloading ramp. Instead, the emergency brake activated, sending shockwaves down the cable. Grips on at least two of the chairs slipped, and caused chairs to slide down the cable and slam into each other. In all, eight were injured, and two were killed, in one of the worst ski lift accidents in North America.<ref>{{cite news | first=Larry | last=Pyn | title=Minimizing the risks on B.C.'s ski lifts | date=February 9, 2008 | publisher=[[CanWest Global Communications|Canwest Interactive]] | url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=60e7f2b3-fad4-4b5e-ab6d-85b4248c69f6&k=68164&p=2 | work=Vancouver Sun | location=Canada | access-date=February 29, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417203949/http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=60e7f2b3-fad4-4b5e-ab6d-85b4248c69f6&k=68164&p=2 | archive-date=April 17, 2008 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The lift's manufacturer, [[Lift Engineering|Lift Engineering/Yan]], entered bankruptcy after the incident in July 1996.<ref>{{cite news | first=Alex | last=Markels | title=The Rise, Fall and Return of a Ski-Lift Entrepreneur | date=January 16, 1997 | publisher=[[Dow Jones & Company]] | url =http://www.coloradoskihistory.com/chairlift/yan1.html |work=The Wall Street Journal | access-date =February 29, 2008 }}</ref> The cause was found to be a design fault in the Yan detachable grip. The Quicksilver lift was removed and replaced by the first Creekside Gondola. The other two Yan high-speed quads on Whistler, Greenline and Redline, were replaced with Doppelmayr high-speed quads the year after that, with all-new terminals, grips and chairs, and renamed as the Emerald Express and Big Red Express respectively.