Pagosa Springs, CO – A 19-year-old Kansas man collided with a tree and died while skiing at Wolf Creek Ski Area near Pagosa Springs on Saturday.

Garrett Austin Spencer, of Hesston, was a Kansas State University student. He was skiing a beginner run with friends shortly before 10 a.m. on Saturday when the incident occurred. The resort’s ski patrol evacuated Spencer to a clinic on site, where he could not be revived, according to the Mineral County coroner’s office. He was reportedly not wearing a helmet.

Saturday’s incident marked the 17th ski and snowboard fatality in Colorado but the first in-bounds death at Wolf Creek this winter. An autopsy to determine the cause of death is planned for today.