Lift evacuation instructor and Pajarito Mountain Ski and Bike Patroller Bart Daly, left, watches as a bike patroller belays another patroller from the ski lift. Photo by Mike O’Neill 

Pajaratio Mountain Ski Patrol candidate Ruth Burns, left, belays another patroller Saturday during lift evacuation training at the ski area. Photo by Mike O’Neill

Pajarito Mountain Ski Patroller Mike O’Neill is lowered from a ski lift chair during lift evacuation training for ski and bike patrollers Saturday. Photo by Wendi Ackerley