Skier found unconscious in trees at Copper Mountain dies

A 63-year-old skier who was found unconscious in a stand of trees at Copper Mountain resort has died.

Summit County sheriff’s officials say the man, whose name has not been released, was found on the edge of a run Wednesday afternoon. He died at a nearby hospital.

Investigators have not said if the man hit a tree or collapsed.

The Summit County coroner will release a cause of death.