Owner's injuries keep Skowhegan ski area closed
Eaton Mountain Ski Area in Skowhegan will not open this season as its owner recovers from injuries he sustained during a December accident with a snow-grooming vehicle.
David Beers told the Kennebec Journal the mountain will remain closed despite earlier intentions to run its snow-tubing park this season. On Dec. 4, Beers was run over by the snow-grooming vehicle as he was doing maintenance work on it, and his injuries included skull and jaw fractures, broken bones and a dislocated ankle. He told the paper he's recovering well, but that "there is too much stuff to do" at the ski mountain for it to be operated without him.
Beers and his wife live in Framingham, Mass., and bought the 18-trail ski area in 2007 for about $400,000. Following two years of repairs and a $100,000 investment, they opened the mountain last year with a new tubing park.
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