Huge avalanche destroys running ski lift in France

Amazing videos of a quad chairlift being destroyed by a huge avalanche in Saint Francois-Longchamp , France:

Monster avalanche destroys ski lift:

Another video from someone actually ON THE LIFT while it happened:
Avalanche sous nos pieds:

Whoa! The Hyak of the Alps!

crazy how the lift op just left the chair running, like lifty just split his post and ran to higher ground or something.
scary how deep it stepped down as it ran to bottom on that smooth surface.
hope people not caught
bobby

I like the lift op's choice-in case there are still people on the lift. i am sure they would appreciate getting off!