Snowboarder dies at Northstar
Publisher’s note: Jeffrey Halperin of San Francisco has been identified as the snowboarder.
By FoxReno.com
TRUCKEE — Officials confirmed that an unidentified 30-year-old man was killed Sunday while snowboarding at Northstar-at-Tahoe.
According to a press release issued Monday afternoon by Northstar Spokeswoman Jessica Van Pernis, ski patrollers and officials with the Northstar Fire Department were alerted of an unconscious snowboarder at 10:38 a.m. Sunday; they found the man lying by a cluster of trees near the Challenger ski trail on the backside of the resort.
According to Northstar, patrollers said upon first contact they administered emergency medical care to the man, who was not wearing a helmet.