Avalanche takes out chairlift at Crystal Mountain, Wash.

An avalanche destroyed the bottom terminal and towers on High Campbell chairlift at Crystal Mountain, the resort said Monday. “Huge avalanche takes out bottom of High Campbell chairlift,” the resort announced on its Facebook page. “It was triggered by an explosive on the throne around 4:45 pm. The area was closed and nobody was hurt. “We are taking the instability in the snowpack very seriously and will continue to mitigate risk and close terrain as necessary.”