Chairlift incidents are rare in Colorado
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- Created on Wednesday, 29 December 2010 17:03
- Written by Nathan
THE DENVER POST
A chairlift accident that sent Maine skiers tumbling about 30 feet Tuesday could happen in Colorado, though state inspection records show that it's a fairly uncommon occurrence.
Since January, there have been 13 derailment incidents in Colorado, records show, but none had a skier falling. The most recent occurred Nov. 17 at Aspen Highlands when a tree blown by high winds derailed a lift cable.
The last time a Colorado skier was ejected from a chairlift because of a derailment was in December 2007, records show. The skier was uninjured.
Colorado records show none of the lifts that derailed since 2007 were manufactured by Borvig, the maker of the lift that had the problem at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine.
Colorado Ski Country USA, a ski-industry trade association, said there are no Borvig lifts in the state. The one at Sugarloaf was installed in 1975 and modified in 1983.
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