BC Newlyweds Spend Their Wedding Night at the Top of Broken Down Banff Gondola

A couple from Kelowna, B.C., had just finished having their wedding photos taken at the top of Sulphur Mountain on Monday when the gondola broke down. Jaclyn, top and Brennen McConnell, middle, had eloped earlier that day before having their photos taken by Pala Kovacs. The Canadian Press/HO-Pala Kovacs

Jaclyn and Brennen McConnell had planned their elopement in the Alberta Rockies a year ago, but they hadn’t prepared to spend their wedding night sleeping on the floor in a building on the top of a mountain.

The couple from Kelowna, B.C., got married Monday before taking the Banff Gondola up to the summit of Sulphur Mountain to have wedding pictures taken by photographer Pala Kovacs.