Jeffrey Zinne, 37, was riding alone in a three-person chair that carries skiers up the mountain when he fell from an unspecified height.

A Montana father tragically died after falling from a chairlift when a mechanical malfunction turned a day of snowboarding into horror on the slopes — leaving his devastated wife and young son behind.

US snowboarder Jeff Zinne, 37, died after falling from a faulty chairlift at ski resort in Montana, USA after it experienced a mechanical error.