A 7-Year-Old Dangled From a Snowmass Chairlift for 20 Seconds. Now His Family Is Suing Aspen Ski Co. During a January 12 visit to Aspen Snowmass, Colorado, a son of an Australian family fell 24 feet from the resort’s Alpine Springs chairlift, reports Aspen Daily News. The Quigley family has now filed a lawsuit against Aspen Ski Co., claiming the chairlift operator and attendant were not paying attention when the boy “misloaded the carrier and was not securely […] Industry News Quinn Brophy | May 22, 2026 0 Comments
Family & Friends of Maintenance Worker Injured in Chairlift Accident at Mt. Hood Skibowl, OR, Launch Fundraiser Family and friends of a man seriously injured in a chairlift accident at Mount Hood Skibowl have launched a GoFundMe fundraiser to help with the financial burden from the accident. On April 20, 2026, a chairlift accident at Mt. Hood Skibowl, Oregon, left one maintenance worker dead and another, Evan Parsons, seriously injured. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office reported that a […] Quinn Brophy | May 14, 2026 0 Comments
It’s Time to Stop Debating & Start Putting the Bar Down Every winter, the same conversation echoes across North American chairlifts: bar up or bar down? In much of Europe, the debate doesn’t exist. Safety bars are used as a matter of course—not always by federal law but as part of the resort’s rules of operations. In North America, however, it remains a cultural flashpoint framed as personal preference. Related: Snowboarder […] Julia Schneemann | March 3, 2026 2 Comments
Snowboarder Doesn’t Put Bar Down and Falls Off Chairlift at Bogus Basin, ID A snowboarder sustained non-life-threatening injuries after falling from the Coach chairlift at Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area, Idaho, on Friday evening. The incident occurred between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. during night skiing hours. Related: Safety Bar Talk: Up, Down, When Does it Matter? Bogus Basin spokesperson Susan Saad confirmed that surveillance footage showed the rider successfully boarding the lift. However, […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 3, 2025 0 Comments
8-Year-Old Seriously Injured Following 30-Foot Fall From Chairlift at Mount Ski Gull, MN An 8-year-old boy from Breezy Point, Minnesota, was seriously injured after falling 30 to 40 feet from a chairlift at Mount Ski Gull on Monday evening. The incident occurred around 6:24 p.m. Related: [UPDATED] Snowboarder Seriously Injured After Falling Almost 50 Feet From Chairlift at Keystone Resort, CO The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, Ski Gull Ski Patrol, Pillager Fire & […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 19, 2024 0 Comments
Chair Falls to Ground at Montana Snowbowl In a statement on Facebook yesterday, Montana Snowbowl reported that an incident required them to “temporarily halt lift service.” “Earlier today, an incident occurred on LaValle chairlift that required us to temporarily halt lift service. We are grateful to report that no injuries occurred. Our maintenance department was able to inspect the lift and ensure it was safe to operate. […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 16, 2024 3 Comments
[UPDATED] Snowboarder Seriously Injured After Falling Almost 50 Feet From Chairlift at Keystone Resort, CO [Updated noon on Friday, December 13] More details have emerged of the incident at Keystone Resort in Colorado on Wednesday, where a guest fell off a chairlift. Initial police reports that it was a skier were inaccurate. Subsequent statements from the police and the Passenger Tramway Safety Board, reported by CPR News, state that a 32-year-old snowboarder fell approximately 47 […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 13, 2024 0 Comments
Former Stevens Pass, WA, Employee Files Lawsuit Against Vail Resorts Following Catastrophic Ski Lift Fall A former Stevens Pass, WA, employee has filed a lawsuit against parent company Vail Resorts after she fell off a chairlift in 2022. The Herald Net reports that Miroslava “Mirka” Lewis fell approximately 30 feet from a ski lift and collided with a tree, resulting in severe injuries. According to the complaint, Lewis endured devastating injuries, including a traumatic brain injury, collapsed […] SnowBrains | June 8, 2023 0 Comments
Celebrity Rachel Zoe Reveals More Details of Traumatic Aspen, CO, Chairlift Fall That Nearly Strangled Her Son In December, fashion designer and TV star Rachel Zoe shared the traumatic experience that scarred her for life when she revealed that her 9-year-old son had fallen 40-feet from an Aspen ski lift. According to an Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman, her son Skyler fell 23-feet onto pads placed by patrollers below. Related: Celebrity Rachel Zoe Scarred For Life After Her 9-Year-Old […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 16, 2021 1 Comment
VIDEO: 12-Year-Old Boy Slips Off Chairlift and Manages to Hold On For 2-Minutes to The Top 12-year-old snowboarder Liam Gratton somehow managed to slip off a chairlift at Table Mountain, SK over the weekend and hold on for around two minutes until he safely reached the top. “We were going up and I was shifting over and I slipped off.” – Liam told CTV News As he was slipping, he grabbed on to whatever he […] SnowBrains | March 8, 2021 1 Comment
VIDEO: Bystanders Use Fence to Catch Kid Dangling From Chairlift at Diamond Peak Ski Resort, NV Quick-thinking bystanders sprang to the rescue of a young boy who was dangling from the Ridge chair at Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Incline Village, NV. The boy’s father managed to hold on to his son while the heroes below got in place. Once they were ready, the father let the boy go. No injuries were reported. There have been two […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 18, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: 6-Year-Old Girl Dangles Then Falls From Chairlift at Crested Butte, CO [arve url="https://youtu.be/ueneVNIlhJI"] SnowBrains | February 17, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Dramatic Moment 8-Year-Old Girl Drops From Chairlift at Sugarloaf Mountain, ME [arve url="https://youtu.be/4H-us_QDQow"] SnowBrains | February 11, 2021 Likes Tweets 1 Comment
Celebrity Rachel Zoe Scarred For Life After Her 9-Year-Old Son Falls Off Aspen, CO Chairlift Fashion designer and TV star Rachel Zoe shared the traumatic experience that has scarred her for life with her Instagram followers on Monday when she revealed that her 9-year-old son had fallen 40-feet from a ski lift the previous day. Related: Pitkin County, CO (Aspen) Requires Visitors to Sign an Affidavit Confirming Negative Covid-19 Test Her son, Skyler, had to […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 23, 2020 0 Comments
8-Year-Old Girl Who Fell From Park City, UT Chairlift Saved by Her Helmet The helmet 8-year-old Saylor Reeve was wearing when she fell over 30-feet from a chairlift at Park City, UT on Saturday prevented her from receiving even more serious injuries, or potentially worse. Saylor is an experienced skier, she has been skiing hundreds of times, but a medical condition caused her to fall off the lift. Saylor Reeve’s recently started having seizures […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 27, 2019 0 Comments
15-Year Old Girl Dies After Deliberate Jump from Chairlift A 15-year-old girl has died after jumping from a chairlift at the Mont-Vidéo ski resort in Barraute, in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, reports the Canadian Press. Quebec provincial police say the girl and a friend were trying to perform a trick that involved jumping from the chairlift before it reached the summit in order to access an off-track slope at the Mont-Video […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 4, 2019 0 Comments
VIDEO: 14-Year-Old Snowboarder Dangles, Falls 26-Feet from Chairlift at Whistler A 14-year-old somehow ended up dangling from the Emerald Express Chair at Whistler, B.C. on Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 . At 10:40am, the snowboarder fell. In the video you can see ski patrol and others attempting to soften the fall with a tower pad. The snowboarder hits the pad, but not the center and takes a hard fall. It’s unknown […] SnowBrains | December 6, 2016 0 Comments
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