A skier died Tuesday after police said he crashed into a padded light pole at Keystone Resort in Keystone, Colorado.

A skier died on Tuesday after an apparent collision with a padded light pole at Keystone Resort. That's according to the Summit County Sheriff's Office. It happened in the afternoon at the Summit County ski area located in Colorado's central mountains.

The man was skiing down the Haywood trail at a high speed when he lost control, veered off the trail and hit the light pole, officials said.

The Summit County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a skier at Keystone Resort, according to a news release. Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 11, Sheriff’s Office special operations technicians,

As of March 3, half of the state’s ski areas have average or above average base depths. They are Arapahoe Basin, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Cooper, Copper Mountain, Echo, Eldora, Granby, Keystone, Loveland, Monarch, Steamboat and Winter Park. Vail stands at 95% of normal and Crested Butte 92%.