A 77-year-old skier sustained fatal injuries Tuesday after hitting a tree at Heavenly Mountain Resort.

Kathryn Strangman of Madison, Wis., was on the Nevada side about noon Feb. 16 when the accident occurred.

Douglas County sheriff’s deputies said an autopsy will be conducted as well as an investigation into the death.

Resort officials would only say that she was on an intermediate trail.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report