Jeff Zinne was riding alone in a three-person lift when a mechanical issues caused him to fall onto the slopes below.

A Montana snowboarder, husband, and father to a beautiful two-year-old boy, has sadly and tragically lost his life after a chairlift malfunctioned at the Red Lodge Mountain Ski Resort, causing the 37-year-old to fall from an ‘unspecified height.

A 37-year-old man visiting the Red Lodge Mountain ski resort in Montana has reportedly died after he fell from a chairlift. NBC Montana reported that Jeffrey Zinne was riding alone in a three-person chair on Monday when he fell from an unspecified height.