Monday, March 26, 2012

Skier Hits Tree and Dies at Wolf Creek

Pagosa Springs, CO - A 19-year-old Kansas man collided with a tree and died while skiing at Wolf Creek Ski Area near Pagosa Springs on Saturday.



Garrett Austin Spencer, of Hesston, was a Kansas State University student. He was skiing a beginner run with friends shortly before 10 a.m. on Saturday when the incident occurred. The resort?s ski patrol evacuated Spencer to a clinic on site, where he could not be revived, according to the Mineral County coroner?s office. He was reportedly not wearing a helmet.
Saturday?s incident marked the 17th ski and snowboard fatality in Colorado but the first in-bounds death at Wolf Creek this winter. An autopsy to determine the cause of death is planned for today.

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