As tens of thousands of skiers this holiday season come shushing down the slopes, it's getting up the mountain that's causing new concern after several serious even one fatal fall from moving ski lifts.
On Tuesday, a five-year-old in New York was sent to the hospital after falling 18 feet from a chairlift.
And on Saturday, ten-year-old Tyler Russell fell from a lift in Oregon.
"I said I'm going to put my foot behind my snowboard and then I went forward too much," said Tyler.
After dangling by one hand, he plummeted nearly 20 feet.
And last weekend in upstate New York, a 44 year-old Brooklyn mother was killed after she fell 25 feet.
"You don't want to wiggle around. Put the comfort bar down and sit still," said Michael Russo, safety manager from Cooper Mountain Resort in Colorado.
He says skiers need to know the risks and take safety seriously.
Two years ago in New Mexico a teen lost his balance trying to throw a snowball at a friend. He fell four stories, but survived.
"If you think you are going to drop something like a pole or a glove, it's best just to let that item drop and then somebody can go back and pick it up for you," says Russo.
The ski industry says chair lifts are "exceptionally safe and secure", noting that deaths are rare with just fifteen over the last four decades.
"Accidents happen but overall I feel 100% safe," said one skier.
The ski association says you're more likely to die riding an elevator.