An 8-year-old snowboarder was rescued from a chairlift at Killington Ski Resort in Vermont Wednesday, resort officials said.
He was uninjured and appeared “in good spirits” after safely landing in a catch net, a spokesperson for the resort said in a statement Thursday.
At 12:12 p.m., the child boarded the Ramshead Express Quad chairlift alongside 3 others. He was not fully seated when the chair left the loading area, the statement said.
Resort and ski patrol rescue teams first tried to secure the child with a sling, but he fell from the chair and landed in their safety net, according to the statement.
He was evaluated on-site and found unharmed before being taken down the mountain by snowmobile, the statement said.
The incident marks the latest in a series of ski lift mishaps around New England. On Feb. 2, a man plunged 20 feet after his chairlift fell on Attitash Mountain in Bartlett.
On Feb. 5, a chairlift malfunction led to the evacuation of 64 people from Cannon Mountain in Franconia. On Monday, a similar malfunction forced the evacuation of more than 100 people at Pats Peak Ski Area in New Hampshire.
Rita Chandler can be reached at rita.chandler@globe.com.