Twenty-four new homes will be built alongside Keystone's River Run Gondola following a land swap with the U.S. Forest Service for the Colorado ghost town of Chihuahua. (file photo: Keystone Resort)

Another Skier Dies at Keystone

Keystone, CO – Keystone Resort in Colorado recorded its third death in as many weeks on Tuesday.

(file photo: Keystone Resort)
(file photo: Keystone Resort)

William Emberton, 72, of Stonington, Conn., was found face down in the snow alongside Keystone’s expert Geronimo run on Tuesday afternoon. Emberton died of traumatic brain injury and a broken neck, according to the Summit County Coroner’s Office. He was wearing a helmet.

Emberton’s death was the third at Keystone and the 11th in Colorado thus far this ski season. Just this past Sunday, a 58-year-old Georgia man died of blunt force trauma after skiing into the trees alongside a trail on North Peak. And on Jan. 25, a 54-year-old Colorado man was found alongside the intermediate Jacques St. James trail on Dercum Peak. He died of a fractured neck.

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