A skier at Beech Mountain Ski Resort skied into a water and air hydrant during snowmaking operations Friday evening. The broken hydrant sprayed water under a loaded chairlift onto multiple people.
Visitors of Beech Mountain rallied together to help the situation by assisting those affected by the accident.
Beech Mountain Resort management said in their statement, “Our operations and safety team worked diligently to unload the lift and drain the system safely. Avery EMS transported two patrons to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. We believe everyone is okay outside of the unfortunate situation, and operations are on a regular schedule.”
The temperature got down to as low as 7 degrees Friday and remained in the single digits for most of the day in Beech Mountain.
