Beloved female skiing champ aged just 26 dies in horrific accident while enjoying paradise winter resort

Female skiing champion Ellery ‘Ellie’ Curtis has died at the age of 26 following a tragic accident on the slopes over the weekend.
Curtis, a former NCAA All-American skiier from San Francisco, was pronounced dead at the Palisades Tahoe resort in Olympic Valley, California, after suffering a head injury.
According to the LA Times, the Placer County Sheriff’s Department received a distressed call at 3:45pm Saturday.
However, Curtis had already passed away by the time deputies arrived at the resort.
The skiing star, who went to Dartmouth College, earned a place on the All-America Second Team during her senior year after finishing eight in the giant slalom at the NCAA Championships.
Her first career victory in the giant slalom came at Middlebury in the Snow Bowl that same year.
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Female skiing champion Ellery ‘Ellie’ Curtis has died at the age of 26 after a tragic accident

Curtis, a former NCAA All-American skiier from San Francisco, was pronounced dead at the Palisades Tahoe resort (pictured) in Olympic Valley, California on Saturday