Many Say They Feel Safe After Another Chairlift Accident

Maureen McDevitt didn’t hestitate when she considered her two 20-something daughters skiing in the wake of a chairlift malfunction at Sugarloaf that injured seven people. “I don’t worry about them skiing. I worry about them going on dates,” McDevitt, 62, said at Shawnee Peak in Bridgton. As spring weather drew skiers and riders to Maine ski mountains on Friday, the reaction to the recent Sugarloaf accident – the ski area’s second in five years – was mostly indifference. On March 21, the King Pine chairlift at Sugarloaf malfunctioned and began rotating backward, causing some skiers to jump from their seats.