A 17-year-old girl died after skiing into a tree Wednesday on an intermediate trail at Winter Park Resort.
The ski area says the collision happened at about 12:30 p.m. on Forget-Me-Not, a run in the resort’s Parsenn Bowl.
“Ski Patrol responded immediately and transported the woman to the Denver Health East Grand ER at the base of the resort, where continued efforts to revive her proved unsuccessful,” Winter Park said in a news release.
No other skiers or snowboarders were involved in the crash.
“Winter Park Resort extends its deepest condolences to the woman’s family in the wake of this tragic accident,” the release said.
The girl’s name and hometown have not been released.
The girl — the third involving a tree — to be reported on Colorado’s slopes this season.
Three men have died at Breckenridge Ski Resort.
A who died after crashing into snow on Friday at Breckenridge Ski Resort suffered severe head trauma, according to the Summit County Coroner’s Office.
, a 48-year-old Longmont man, died from blunt force trauma after striking a tree at the resort in December. , a 47-year-old Denver man, died after striking a tree at Breckenridge in January.
, a 40-year-old mother from Texas, died Dec. 29 after she and her two young daughters fell from a chairlift at Ski Granby Ranch. While lift malfunction , the case remains .
