An 18-year-old snowboarder fell from a chairlift at a popular Colorado resort last week, marking the fourth such incident in the county this season.
According to a statement from Copper Mountain Resort in Summit County, the snowboarder fell from the American Flyer chairlift on Monday, January 6. They were reportedly between towers 25 and 26 and had raised the bar and were preparing to unload when they tumbled off. According to the Passenger Tramway Safety Board – the state-run agency that regulates ski lifts – the chairlift was inspected and no faults were found.
