Carrabassett Valley, ME – Officials at Maine’s Sugarloaf ski resort said on Monday that they’ve reopened the Spillway East charlift, which derailed in late December sending several skiers to the hospital.

Sugarloaf said the lift was allowed to reopen to the public Monday afternoon after tests and inspections were completed over the weekend. Officials said the testing revealed no operational concerns, and the Maine State Board of Elevator and Tramway Safety reinstated the operating license for the lift.

The resort’s lift maintenance staff, along with independent lift engineers and members of the Tramway Board, performed a dynamic load test of the Spillway East lift on Friday and completed inspections of the lift over the weekend.

Friday’s dynamic load test simulated the operation of a fully loaded lift, using plastic-lined boxes filled with water to simulate passenger weight on each chair.

The final report on the investigation into the cause of the Dec. 28 accident has not been released by the Tramway Board.