Sugarloaf ski accident investigators are focusing on a strong wind as one of the main reasons for the derailment in Maine Tuesday. Although the accident is rare, are not strong winds.
Speculation on the cause of a ski lift accident that eight to Sugarloaf, Maine Tuesday harm stronger winds as the primary factor.
The following paragraphAt the Sugarloaf ski accident is very rare - the cable of the lift actually derailed, with five chairs on the floor 30 feet below fall - the specter of a strong wind is nothing new for skiers New England.
Wind gusts were up to 40 km / h, and the elevator, the train derailed - the Middle weir - was the "wind hold" earlier in the morning.
"Hold Wind" are a part of life for skiers in New England. New Hampshire Wildcat Mountain, for example, lies in a valley of Mount Washington, where some of the highest wind speed recorded. In addition, the cornerstone of New England Resorts - the Noreaster - can often be a painful event as much a gift of white matter.
could Tuesday, nearly two feet of fresh snow in the post-Christmas Noreaster helped prevent injuries, said a skier on the lift when it broke.
"Fortunately, they have not married yesterday evening as they leave it as it was," said Rebecca London. "While the snow was very soft."
Sugarloaf lift spillway to the east had recently passed an inspection, but was replaced this summer due to his age and vulnerability to wind.
The Bangor Daily News quoted are John Diller, Sugarloaf CEO, who said in late August that he hoped would last winter for the elevator.
"Quad A provides underwriting transportation faster and more reliable for skiers and its extra weight, is much less sensitive to wind lift the current," said a website on the master plan Sugarloaf.
Season ticket holders Betsy Twombly attended after the accident and praised the quick work of the sugar workers, who she said calmly and effectively to those working from lifts and backcountry.
"I expected to see the hysteria, but there were none," she said.
• Material from Associated Press was used in this report.
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