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43-577: The resort is owned by Lake County and managed by Cooper Hill Ski Area, a 501(c)4 nonprofit with a volunteer board. Dan Torsell has served as the general manager since 2012. Ski Cooper is located at Tennessee Pass , at the dividing line between the San Isabel National Forest and the White River National Forest , near Leadville . Ski Cooper markets itself as a family resort because of its affordability and accessibility. It

86-465: A freelance investigative journalist , Miles Upshur, who decides to investigate a remote psychiatric hospital named Mount Massive Asylum, located deep in the mountains of Lake County, Colorado . Outlast was released for Microsoft Windows on September 4, 2013, PlayStation 4 on February 4, 2014, and Xbox One on June 19, 2014. Linux and OS X versions were released on March 31, 2015. A Nintendo Switch version titled Outlast: Bundle of Terror

129-526: A biotechnological nanite entity controlled by Billy Hope, a comatose subject of Murkoff's experiments. He orders Miles to terminate Billy's life support in the hopes that this will destroy the Walrider. Miles accomplishes this task; however, just before Billy dies, the Walrider attacks Miles and possesses his body. On his way out of the laboratory, Miles encounters a Murkoff paramilitary team led by Wernicke, which guns him down. A horrified Wernicke realizes that Miles

172-479: A female householder with no husband present, and 35.70% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.15. In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.90% under the age of 18, 12.80% from 18 to 24, 33.10% from 25 to 44, 20.60% from 45 to 64, and 6.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age

215-511: A few years, residing successively in Oro City (from 1861), Lourette (from 1863), Dayton (from 1866), and Granite (from 1868). By 1878, Lake County had been reduced to an area including only present-day Lake and Chaffee counties. On February 8, 1879, the Colorado legislature renamed Lake County as Carbonate County , although this designation name only lasted for two days, until Chaffee County

258-400: A part of project MKUltra . In the chapel, Miles finds a crucified Father Martin, who gives Miles a key to the atrium elevator that he insists will take him to freedom before immolating himself . Miles takes the elevator, which descends into a subterranean laboratory. Walker attacks him, only to be eviscerated by the Walrider. Miles locates an aged Wernicke, who confirms that the Walrider is

301-473: A private psychiatric hospital owned by the notoriously unethical Murkoff Corporation. Upon entering, Miles is shocked to discover its halls ransacked and littered with the mutilated corpses of the staff. He's informed by a dying officer of Murkoff's private military unit that Mount Massive's deranged inmates, known as "variants", have escaped and are freely roaming the grounds, butchering Murkoff's employees. The officer implores Miles to escape and reveals that

344-558: A smaller separate project related to Outlast that would be released before Outlast 3 . The project, teased in October 2019, is a prequel for both Outlast games, called The Outlast Trials , and is a horror game set in the Cold War . The game was released on May 18, 2023 via early access for Microsoft Windows, and for a full launch on March 5, 2024 on Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 5. On October 30, 2024, it

387-534: Is among the most affordable ski areas in the state, second to only Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs . The resort has 64 runs of varying difficulty serviced by two chairlifts (one Hall/CTEC double and one Poma triple), one Doppelmayr platter lift, one Leitner t-bar, and one Magic Carpet conveyor lift. It has ample beginner and intermediate terrain, along with tree and glade skiing, ungroomed and mogul terrain, all with exclusively natural snow. Dining options at

430-419: Is captured by Eddie Gluskin, a serial killer obsessed with finding the "perfect bride" by killing other patients and mutilating their genitalia. Gluskin tries to hang Park in a gymnasium with his other victims, but during the struggle, he is entangled by his pulley system and a sudden weight shift causes him to be fatally impaled on a loose section of rebar. At daybreak, Murkoff's paramilitary division arrives at

473-401: Is played from a first-person perspective and features some stealth gameplay mechanics. The player can walk, run, crouch, jump, climb ladders and vault over objects. Unlike most games, however, the player does not have a visible health bar on the screen and is unable to attack enemies. The player must instead rely on stealth tactics such as hiding in lockers, sneaking past enemies, staying in

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516-464: Is summoned to the underground laboratory's operations center to debug a monitoring system. When he returns to his laptop, his supervisor, Jeremy Blaire, has him detained and exposed to the Morphogenic Engine after discovering his e-mail. However, Park escapes his restraints when the Walrider is unleashed. He roams the increasingly decrepit facility as surviving guards and medical personnel flee from

559-512: Is the Walrider's new host. Panicked screams and gunfire are heard as the screen fades to black. Waylon Park is a software engineer working at Mount Massive Asylum. His job entails maintaining the Morphogenic Engine, which allows Murkoff scientists to manipulate lucid dreaming in comatose patients. After witnessing the Morphogenic Engine's effects on the abused patients, a horrified Park sends an anonymous e-mail to journalist Miles Upshur to expose Murkoff's human experiments. Shortly afterward, Park

602-570: The poverty line , including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 6.30% of those age 65 or over. Lake County has leaned towards the Democratic Party for most of its history, voting for that party's presidential nominee in every election since 1988. 39°11′N 106°22′W  /  39.19°N 106.36°W  / 39.19; -106.36 Outlast Outlast is a 2013 first-person psychological survival horror game developed and published by Red Barrels . The game revolves around

645-597: The Microsoft Windows version 80/100 based on 59 reviews, and the PlayStation 4 version 78/100 based on 33 reviews. It has been received with numerous accolades and awards from E3 2013 , including the "Most Likely to Make you Faint" honor, and one of "Best of E3". The PC gaming website Rock, Paper, Shotgun gave Outlast a very positive review, noting that " Outlast is not an experiment in how games can be scary, it’s an exemplification." Marty Sliva of IGN rated

688-735: The anonymous tipster to Miles Upshur, and shows the events both before and after the main plotline. The Microsoft Windows version of Whistleblower was released on May 6, 2014, worldwide, the PlayStation 4 version was launched on May 6, 2014, in North America and on May 7, 2014, in Europe, and the Xbox One version launched on June 18 in North America and Europe. Linux and OS X versions were later released on March 31, 2015. In December 2017, Red Barrels announced that Outlast , including Whistleblower and

731-413: The asylum, intent on eliminating the variants. Park slips past them and escapes into the main lobby. There, he finds a gravely wounded Blaire, who stabs him suddenly, insisting that no one can know the truth about Mount Massive, but the Walrider kills him before he can kill Park. Park then stumbles out the open front door and towards Miles Upshur's jeep, which is still parked near the main entrance. He starts

774-419: The county was 77.60% White , 0.18% Black or African American , 1.25% Native American , 0.31% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 17.99% from other races , and 2.62% from two or more races. 36.14% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,977 households, out of which 33.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.70% were married couples living together, 8.40% had

817-704: The courthouse with the highest elevation in the United States, the Lake County courthouse in Leadville is the "highest court" in the land. The 2013 horror video game Outlast is set in a fictional asylum in Lake County. As of the census of 2000, there were 7,812 people, 2,977 households, and 1,914 families living in the county. The population density was 21 people per square mile (8.1 people/km ). There were 3,913 housing units at an average density of 10 units per square mile (3.9 units/km ). The racial makeup of

860-605: The facility, including pages taken from the diaries of patients and reports from the hospital staff. Developer Red Barrels have pointed to the survival-focused gameplay in Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010) as a primary influence on the combat-free narrative style of Outlast . Found-footage horror films like Quarantine (2008) and Rec (2007) also served as influences. Freelance investigative journalist Miles Upshur receives an anonymous e-mail that inhumane experiments are being conducted at Mount Massive Asylum,

903-494: The file. Outlast was Red Barrels' first game, although the team had worked on big AAA games in Ubisoft prior like Prince of Persia , Assassin’s Creed , and Splinter Cell . The game was made in 14 months with a team of 10 people. Red Barrels' CEO Philippe Morin said in 2018 that they initially could not find anyone to invest in the project for 18 months, which means 18 months without salary. Fortunately, they were able to get

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946-418: The front doors. Miles restores power in the control room, but Father Martin injects him with an anesthetic . He shows Miles footage of "the Walrider", a ghostly entity killing patients and staff alike, which he claims is responsible for the hospital's dilapidated state. Regaining consciousness, Miles finds himself trapped in a decaying cell block filled with catatonic and demented patients. He escapes through

989-400: The funding from Canada Media Fund for $ 1.36 million CAD. Outlast was released on September 4, 2013, for download through Steam , and it was released on February 4, 2014, for the PlayStation 4 as the free monthly title for PlayStation Plus users. The downloadable content, Outlast: Whistleblower , serves as an overlapping prequel to the original game. The plot follows Waylon Park,

1032-447: The game with a score of 7.8, praising the horror elements and gameplay while criticizing the environments and character modeling. GameSpot gave the game a positive review as well stating that " Outlast isn't really a game of skill, and as it turns out, that makes sense. You're not a cop or a soldier or a genetically enhanced superhero. You're just a reporter. And as a reporter, you don't possess many skills with which you can fend off

1075-421: The hospital chapel. Reaching an auditorium, Miles learns that the Walrider was created by Dr. Rudolf Gustav Wernicke, a German scientist brought to the U.S. during Operation Paperclip . Wernicke believed that intensive dream therapy conducted on traumatized patients could connect swarms of nanites into a single malevolent being. It is also revealed over the course of the game that the experiments were originally

1118-410: The hulking brutes, knife-wielding stalkers, and other homicidal maniacs who lurk in the halls of the dilapidated Mount Massive Asylum. You can't shoot them, or punch them, or rip pipes from the walls to clobber them with. You can only run and hide". On October 23, 2014, in an interview with Bloody Disgusting , Red Barrels revealed that due to the success of Outlast, a sequel was in development. It

1161-496: The jeep and drives away as Miles, now seemingly possessed by the Walrider, also emerges from the asylum. In the epilogue, Park is sitting at a laptop with his camcorder footage, ready for upload to expose the conditions at Mount Massive. An associate informs him that it will be more than enough to ruin Murkoff, but is warned that they will seek to retaliate against him and his family. Despite some initial hesitation, Park decides to upload

1204-454: The main doors can be unlocked from the building's security control room. Moving on, Miles is suddenly ambushed by a hulking variant named Chris Walker, who knocks him unconscious. While incapacitated, Miles encounters Father Martin Archimbaud, a self-appointed priest with schizotypal personality disorder , who claims that Miles is his " apostle " and sabotages his escape by cutting off power to

1247-432: The newly freed variants, searching for a shortwave radio that he can use to contact the authorities, all the while eluding a cannibal named Frank Manera, who wields an electric bone saw . Just as Park manages to find a working radio transmitter, Blaire appears and destroys it. Blair tries to suffocate Park, but is forced to flee by the approaching Chris Walker. Park finds his way into the asylum's vocational block where he

1290-523: The opening of the Tennessee Creek Basin Area. Lake County, Colorado Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado . As of the 2020 census , the population was 7,436. The county seat and the only municipality in the county is Leadville . The highest natural point in Colorado and the entire Rocky Mountains is the summit of Mount Elbert in Lake County at 14,440 feet (4,400 meters) elevation. Lake County

1333-430: The player to scavenge for additional batteries found throughout the asylum. Outlast makes heavy use of traditional jump scares and audio cues, which alert the player if an enemy has seen them. If the player records specific events with their camcorder, Miles will write a note about it, providing further insight into his thoughts. Documents can be collected, which offer backstory and other expository information about

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1376-516: The resort include a cafeteria, an Irish pub, a Taproom, and a restaurant in a mountaintop yurt. Equipment rental and a retail store are also available on the property. Ski Cooper is home to the Chicago Ridge Snowcat Tours which provides access to backcountry glades and powder bowls. The resort has an active alpine race department, and has also been known to host Ski & Snowboard Cross NorAm level races. The Cooper Hill Ski Area, as it

1419-525: The sequel Outlast 2 , would be coming to the Nintendo Switch in early 2018. The title was released by surprise on February 27, 2018, under the title Outlast: Bundle of Terror via Nintendo eShop . As of October 19, 2016 , Outlast has sold over 4 million copies. Outlast received positive reviews. Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Xbox One version 80/100 based on 6 reviews,

1462-455: The sewers to the main wards, pursued by Walker and two cannibalistic twins, only to be captured by Richard Trager, a former Murkoff executive driven insane. Trager amputates two of Miles' fingers with a pair of bone shears, preparing to do the same to his tongue and genitals. However, Miles escapes to an elevator, inadvertently crushing Trager to death between floors when he attacks him. Miles reconvenes with Father Martin, who tells him to go to

1505-450: The shadows, and hiding behind or under things to survive. Alternatively, the player can attempt to outrun their pursuer. If the player dies, the game will reset to the most recent checkpoint . Most of the hospital is unlit, and the only way for the player to see while in the dark is through the lens of a camcorder equipped with night vision . Using the night vision mode will slowly consume batteries, of which there are not many, forcing

1548-475: The whole series sold 37 million copies. The Murkoff Account , a comic book series set between Outlast and Outlast 2 , was released from July 2016 to November 2017. A film adaptation is in development. In Outlast , the player assumes the role of investigative journalist Miles Upshur, as he navigates a dilapidated psychiatric hospital in Leadville, Colorado that is overrun by homicidal patients. The game

1591-416: Was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 115.80 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 116.70 males. The median income for a household in the county was $ 37,691, and the median income for a family was $ 41,652. Males had a median income of $ 30,977 versus $ 24,415 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 18,524. About 9.50% of families and 12.90% of the population were below

1634-408: Was initially intended to be released in late 2016, but was delayed to early 2017 due to complications during development. Subsequently, the release date was further pushed to Q2 2017, despite the intended Q1 2017 release. On March 6, 2017, Red Barrels announced that a physical bundle called Outlast Trinity would be released for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on April 25. The sequel, titled Outlast 2 ,

1677-699: Was made digitally available for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on April 25, 2017; and came to the Nintendo Switch , alongside Outlast , in February 2018. It takes place in the same universe as the first game, but features a new storyline with different characters, set in the Arizona desert . Outlast 3 was announced in December 2017, though no time frame or target platforms were confirmed. During this announcement, Red Barrels said that because they could not easily add downloadable content for Outlast 2 , they had

1720-861: Was one of the original 17 counties created by the Colorado legislature on November 1, 1861. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. The county was named for Twin Lakes . Placer gold was found at Colorado Gulch in 1863 as part of the Colorado Gold Rush . Lake County slowly lost territory over the succeeding decades, losing land in its southeast to Saguache County in 1866 and Hinsdale County in 1874; in its southwest to La Plata County in 1874 and San Juan County in 1876, and in its west to Ouray and Gunnison counties in 1877. With its many reductions in size, Lake County's designated county seat also changed multiple times within just

1763-434: Was released in February 2018. Outlast generally received positive reviews, with praise for its atmosphere, horror elements , and overall gameplay. It is considered to be one of the greatest horror games ever made. .As of October 2016 , the game sold 4 million copies. A sequel, Outlast 2 , was released on April 25, 2017, while a prequel, The Outlast Trials , was released on March 5, 2024. As of October 2024 ,

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1806-435: Was split off from Carbonate's southern section on February 10 and the remaining northern portion was redesignated Lake County with its current county seat of Leadville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 384 square miles (990 km ), of which 377 square miles (980 km ) is land and 7.0 square miles (18 km ) (1.8%) is water. It is the fourth-smallest county in Colorado by area. As

1849-614: Was then known, was founded in 1942. That year, the US Army selected the area to serve as the 10th Mountain Division training site because of its proximity to the Pando rail station. Ski Cooper opened to the public as a ski resort in the postwar period and continues to host a Memorial Day celebration for the World War II veterans of the 10th Mountain Division. In January 2020, the resort expanded with

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