At about 1 PM Wednesday afternoon,Grand Teton National Park Rangers responded to an emergency request to help with a collapsed cross-country skier.
Rangers responded and provided advanced life support, including CPR for approximately 45 minutes, but were unsuccessful.
Gary Sternberg, age 69, of Jackson, Wyoming, was skiing with others near Phelps Lake when he collapsed. Two members of the skiing party initiated CPR and another called park dispatch for help.
The group started at the Granite Canyon Trailhead and skied along the Moose-Wilson Road and to Phelps Lake. On the return trip from the lake Sternberg collapsed. He died of an unknown medical issue.
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