A skier has died as the result of injuries suffered Wednesday at Monarch Mountain.
A press release from Monarch says the female skier was just off Shagnasty ski trail when the accident happened.
She was alert wearing a helmet and was alert when the ski patrol arrived.
She was transported to Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center by Chaffee County EMS and then transported by REACH Air Medical to UC Health Memorial Medical Center in Colorado Springs where she was pronounced dead.
The skier’s name is being withheld pending the notification of next of kin.
