Somerset County, PA – An undentified 10-year-old girl sustained non-life threatening injuries Wednesday afternoon when she fell 15 feet from a chairlift at Hidden Valley ski area in Somerset County.nThe girl was one of three sharing a chair on the Avalanche quad lift at Hidden Valley when she slipped from her seat as the safety … Continue reading Girl Injured in Fall from Pennsylvania Ski Lift →

Anaconda, MT – A 21-year-old Philipsburg, Mont. man died Tuesday after hitting a tree while skiing at Discovery Ski Area near Anaconda.nJames Adie, a Discovery ski instructor for the past five years, was skiing the intermediate Claim Jumper run on the resort’s front side Tuesday morning when he lost control and struck a tree on … Continue reading Ski Instructor Hits Tree, Dies at Montana’s Discovery →

Tahoe City, CA – Rescuers on Thursday located the body of Shawnte Marie Willis, missing since snowboarding Tuesday at Alpine Meadows ski resort.nShawnte, 25, became separated from her friends Tuesday while riding at Alpine Meadows and was last seen leaving the ski area boundary. Rescuers initiated an air and ground search for the Tahoma, Calif. … Continue reading Missing Tahoe Snowboarder Found Dead →

Wilmington, NY – Following a similar incident in Maine at Sugarloaf on Tuesday, officials at Whiteface Mountain Ski Center in Upstate New York have confirmed that a similar incident occurred there on Wednesday.nAt around 11 a.m. on Wednesday the lift cable of Whiteface’s Lift I, also known as the Freeway Lift, derailed from the sheave … Continue reading Chairlift Cable Derails at Whiteface →

Carrabassett Valley, ME – Even though investigators are focusing on high winds as a potential cause of Tuesday’s chairlift derailment that sent eight Sugarloaf guests to the hospital on Tuesday, ski area officials now admit to making adjustments to the Spillway East chairlift just prior to the accident. The investigation, which is still ongoing, began … Continue reading Sugarloaf Officials Admit to Adjusting Ski Lift Just Prior to Derailment →

Wenatchee, WA – A chairlift in Maine at Sugarloaf Resort wasn’t the only one to be derailed in the past week, but the incident on Christmas Day at Mission Ridge Ski and Board Resort in Wenatchee, Wash., had a happier ending.nAn unexpected gust of wind derailed an empty chair on Mission Ridge’s No. 2 lift, … Continue reading Wind Derails Ski Lift at Mission Ridge →

Teton Village, WY – The widow of a victim killed in a 2008 avalanche has sued Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for wrongful death. Christine Nodine refiled her case in Wyoming’s 9th District Court last week after a federal court dismissed her lawsuit without prejudice on the grounds that David Nodine’s season pass agreement requires … Continue reading Widow of Avalanche Victim Sues Jackson Hole Mountain Resort →