Jay Jurgens, a 47-year-old Florida resident with ties to Teton Valley, died on Saturday afternoon after being discovered in a grove of north-facing trees off the Dreamcatcher lift at Grand Targhee Resort near Alta, Wyoming.
According to the Teton County, Wyoming, Sheriff’s Office, a skier came upon the unconscious snowboarder alone in the East Woods at about 2:30 p.m.
Grand Targhee Ski Patrol started CPR on Jurgens but he was pronounced deceased a short time later, likely due to trauma. The resort has declined to provide more information about the incident.