UPDATE 6:00 PM<\/p>\n
The missing skier was found dead\u00a0on the advanced Sugar Pine Glade trail. Northstar says he was an employee\u00a0of the resort who was off duty at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n
It’s still unclear how the skier died.<\/p>\n
ORIGINAL STORY:<\/p>\n
A search team found a missing skier dead at Northstar California Resort.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, February 18, at approximately 11 p.m., Placer County deputies located the car of the missing 21-year-old man.<\/p>\n
According to deputies, in an online post, they determined the skier was missing and immediately started investigating. Deputies say he went skiing and did not return as expected.<\/p>\n
Officials say the Placer County Office of Emergency Management lieutenant quickly gathered resources and started a search.<\/p>\n
The Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue Team were activated early Thursday morning, with 15 skiers, a snowcat, and two snowmobilers all aiding in the search of the area. Northstar Ski Patrol members also assisted in the search, according to the Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
On Thursday at 9 a.m., the search team found the man dead. It’s unclear what the cause of the death is.<\/p>\n
Placer County Sheriff’s Office says, “We extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends during this incredibly difficult time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPDATE 6:00 PM The missing skier was found dead\u00a0on the advanced Sugar Pine Glade trail. Northstar says he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,83259,83257,26414,87514,9027,14390,83256,69760,83258,30494,83260],"class_list":["post-185626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-february-in-sports","tag-individual-sports","tag-northstar-california","tag-outdoor-sports","tag-racing","tag-skiing","tag-snow-sports","tag-winter-olympic-games","tag-winter-olympic-sports","tag-winter-sports","tag-winter-sports-competitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}