A group of skiers in North Carolina got hosed down with freezing water while they were already in the cold.
There is a video that was captured on Friday at the Beech Mountain Resort, where officials say someone slammed into a water/air hydrant while coming down the slopes during snowmaking operations.
A geyser effect on the ski lift passenger directly above was created when an enormous amount of H2O was shot straight up into the air.
Some of them got drenched, but it looks like they got stuck in the middle of the water. It was at least 30 seconds or so, based on the video above, which was shot by a bystander.
The people were worse for wear after the harsh conditions. Two guests were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, and some people were reported to have been blown off the chair lift.
The resort said that their operations and safety team worked diligently to unload the lift and drain the system safely. Everyone is okay, operations are on a regular schedule, and the unfortunate situation is not affecting them.
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