CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — A Sugarloaf employee died Friday following a reported accident on one of the ski resort’s trails.
Police identified the man as Alex Witt of Farmington. Sugarloaf said he was working as part of the mountain’s competition center staff and was preparing a mogul course on the Skidder trail — a double black diamond — when he lost his footing and slid down the course.
Members of the ski patrol team took him to the first aid clinic; attempts to perform CPR were unsuccessful.
“Our staff is a close-knit family that cares deeply for one another, and our hearts are with our team member and his family today,” Sugarloaf said in a released statement regarding the incident. “Safety is the first priority in everything we do at Sugarloaf and a loss like this is a tremendous blow to all of us.”
Officials said he wasn’t wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.