Officials at Red Lodge Mountain said they have boosted safety features on the Triple Chair ski lift in advance of the ski season, six months after a Billings man died in a fall from the lift.

General Manager Jean Mikalus outlined the changes in an email to guests obtained by MTN News.

The lift towers on on the Triple Chair have been reinforced to reduce the deflection of wind on the towers and the haul rope, Mikalus wrote. In addition, the ski area has installed anemometers along multiple spots of the lift line to have a better sense of wind speeds at the Triple Chair.

Watch previous Q2 coverage: Car show honors man who fell from chair lift on Red Lodge Mountain

In March, 37-year-old Jeff Zinne of Billings died when he fell from the chair lift during a period of gusty winds. Mikalus

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