Chairlift Plummets to Ground at Montana Ski Area

A chair fell from Montana Snowbowl's LaVelle lift on Sunday, December 15, 2024.Images shared online show the chair sitting in the snow next to LaVelle's lower terminal.
In a statement shared Sunday, Montana Snowbowl wrote that an incident involving LaVelle required a temporary halt in lift service. No one was injured, the statement reads, and after the ski area's maintenance department inspected LaVelle and determined it was safe, the chairlift continued to operate for the rest of the afternoon.