OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — A 25-year-old skier died following an incident at Palisades Tahoe on Saturday.
According to a statement from Palisades Tahoe, "preliminary findings show that the man, who was not wearing a helmet, fell and suffered head trauma."
Palisades Tahoe said that, just before 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Ski Patrol responded to a guest report of an injured skier. Following up on the report, they found the skier off the closed Sunnyside trail.
The skier was taken to Tahoe Forest Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The Nevada County Sherriff's Office Public Information Officer Andrew Trygg identified the man as Kye Moffat, 25 of San Francisco. However, according to ABC7 who spoke with Moffat's brother, he was from Berkeley and Truckee.
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