Austin Fleskes joined the Reporter-Herald team in August 2020 as the newsroom's public safety reporter. Before coming to Loveland, he graduated from Colorado State University in May 2020 with two bachelor's degrees, one in journalism and media communications and one in history. Reach him at afleskes@prairiemountainmedia.com or on Twitter @Austinfleskes07.
The coroner identified the skier who died as 66-year-old William Sater of Loveland, and ruled that the cause of death in the accident to be blunt force injuries.