Feb. 5, 2025, a representative from the ski area notified the State Fire Marshal’s Office about an evacuation of passengers on the Peabody Express Quad lift following a mechanical issue.

Ski industry officials are stressing their safety record after a chair fell from a lift at Attitash Mountain Resort over the weekend. One man was hospitalized and later released after his chair on Attitash’s Flying Bear Lift fell 20 feet to the ground on Sunday afternoon.

Cannon Mountain, a state-run ski area in Franconia, said “a bolt affixed to the power take-off shaft” on a ski lift failed.