The man was riding alone in a three-person chair that carries skiers up the mountain when he fell from an unspecified height, according to Red Lodge Mountain spokesperson Troy Hawks.

The chair has since been replaced by modern detachable lift with safety restraints. The Carbon County Sheriff's Office later reported that the man died on March 11, 2025. Further details on the ...

The Triple Chair at Red Lodge Mountain remains closed following a fatality but the Willow Creek lift reopened Sunday to provide access to the rest of the mountain.

He died after a fall from the Triple Chair at Red Lodge Mountain, Sheriff McQuillan said Friday, adding that the accident remains under investigation.

An engineer will inspect Red Lodge Mountain’s Willow Creek chair lift on Friday in an attempt to find out why one chair detached and fell to the ground on Wednesday, injuring two Billings teenagers.

The last incident at Red Lodge Mountain was in December 2011. That’s when two teenagers were injured when a chair detached from the Willow Creek lift’s cable.

Jeffery Zinne, 37, of Billings died Monday after a chair lift incident on the Triple Chair at Red Lodge Mountain, according to Carbon County Sheriff Josh McQuillan.

Red Lodge Mountain, Montana, said on Saturday, March 15, 2025 that an initial inspection suggested that a gust of high wind was the cause of the “unusually aggressive” derailment of the Triple Chair ...

The lift, known as the Triple Chair, was stopped after the accident, Red Lodge Mountain spokesperson Troy Hawks said.

Red Lodge Mountain, Montana is now offering a "rare opportunity" to own a piece of ski history that skiers have used for decades. "A couple" surplus chairs from their Miami Beach chairlift, plus ...

The accident occurred on Monday, March 10th at Red Lodge Mountain on the Triple Chairlift. One person, a 37-year-old man from Billings, Montana, was injured and transported to the hospital before ...