After her son Donovan died from injuries he suffered in a fall from a chairlift at Keystone Resort, Colorado, Tonette Romero is now advocating for a significant Colorado ski resort policy change: ...

Skiers didn’t hold back, but was everybody telling the truth? You be the judge. The lift attendant, who was abiding by the Vermont state law, was not messing around. When the teenagers riding the slow ...

Alison Osius, a senior editor at Outside, works on travel coverage and edits features. She's a former editor at Climbing and Rock and Ice magazines, has written for cnn.com, The New York Times, The ...

Chairlift accidents are exceedingly rare, but the consequences are harsh when they happen, including serious injury or death. The stark reality of what can happen when things go wrong was illustrated ...

"Chair #43. Lower your safety bar, or I will stop the lift." The lift attendant, who was abiding by the Vermont state law, was not messing around. When the teenagers riding the slow-moving double didn ...

For years, a photo has spread across social media platforms that claims to show a ski chairlift that operated in the 1960s without a safety bar. “Safety standards in the 1960s,” an X post claimed on ...

How many more people are going to get hurt falling from chairlifts? We need to wear safety belts in cars despite lots of other protections. The same should be true on a ski lift. This is just common ...

The Dec. 18, 2025, online article about single day lift ticket prices exceeding $300 prominently features a photo of skiers riding a chairlift at Beaver Creek with the safety bar raised. Surely Vail ...