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FTA: “While there have been 12 lift-related fatalities at American ski areas since 1973, over that same time frame, there have been at least 102 fatalities at E
by Someone 4y ago
FTA: “While there have been 12 lift-related fatalities at American ski areas since 1973, over that same time frame, there have been at least 102 fatalities at European resorts from lift malfunctions – nine times the fatality rate of American ski areas”
They don’t mention how many lifts/passenger miles there are in Europe, so I can’t tell whether that’s because of lifts being safer in the USA or because there are more lifts/more passenger miles in Europe.
It could well be mostly the latter, as https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resorts/europe/ https://www.skiresort.info/ski-resorts/europe/ says there are 16,753 ski lifts in Europe, while this article says there are about 3,500 in the USA.