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

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.

A Montana dad has died after falling from a chairlift at a local ski resort. Authorities said Jeffrey Zinne of Billings was alone on a ski lift at Red Lodge Mountain just before noon on Monday, March 10, when he fell to the ground, according to the Associated Press and Longview News-Journal .