FRISCO — The skier who died Monday at Keystone Resort has been identified as 51-year-old Jon Kleve of Lincoln, Nebraska, according to the Summit County Coroner’s Office.
At about 3:25 p.m. March 9, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a male skier found unconscious and not breathing off the side of a run at Keystone. The man was pronounced dead on scene by staff at the Keystone Medical Center.
The manner of death has been ruled accidental, and the cause of death is blunt force trauma, according to Amber Flenniken, chief deputy coroner.
Kleve represents the fifth skier death in Summit County this season. Shirley Louangamath, 45, of Leesburg, Virginia, died due to traumatic heart failure due to blunt force trauma at Breckenridge Ski Resort on Jan. 20. Richard Hart, 86, of Littleton, died due to an intracranial hemorrhage due to blunt force trauma at Copper Mountain on March 4.
In addition to deaths resulting from trauma injuries, there also have been two skier deaths caused by cardiac issues. Martin Chader, 66, of Golden died due to cardiac related issues Dec. 16 at Keystone. Stephen Piche, 56, of Austin, Texas, died due to a heart attack Feb. 7 at Breckenridge.
Read more about skier deaths in Colorado in our in-depth, three-part series.