The snowboarder who died in an accident at Sugarloaf Mountain was a 63-year-old man from Kingfield, according to the state medical examiner’s office.

Kendall Willard died Saturday after attempting to retrieve a glove he dropped from a chairlift, according to Carrabassett Valley police Chief Mark Lopez. He said he knew Willard after living in town for a long time and remembered him as a friendly, “happy-go-lucky” man.

Willard was on the mountain with a friend, who wasn’t with him when the accident happened around 9 a.m., Lopez said.

After dropping his glove, Willard snowboarded to the trail head of Competition Hill, which was closed because of icy conditions. He then dismounted his board and walked toward the glove when he lost his footing on the ice, slid down the hill and hit some trees about 800 feet from the top of the trail, Lopez said. Willard was wearing his snowboard boots and a helmet when he fell, according to the chief.

Several witnesses saw and reported the accident. The ski patrol brought him to the first aid station and performed CPR, but he was declared dead around 9:45 a.m. when the ambulance crew arrived, Lopez said. His cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.

Willard’s family has declined to speak to a reporter.

Lopez said there were no skiing or snowboarding related fatalities last year and he can only recall a “handful” in his last 13 years as chief. He said his department is responsible for investigating such deaths to make sure there is no foul play, and investigators from Boyne Resorts determine the status and conditions of the trail.