Out-of-bounds Heavenly skier found
It took search and rescue crews several hours Wednesday to find a Southern California man who had skied under the boundary ropes at Heavenly Mountain Resort.
Vahe Saradjian, 62, of Glendale told El Dorado County sheriff’s search and rescue team members that he ducked under the resort boundary ropes near the Powder Bowl Express lift.
Saradjian called 911 saying he was disorientated, lost and unable to navigate the terrain because of the lack of snow. He was not prepared to stay overnight in the wilderness.
At about 6:20pm Feb. 27 a CHP helicopter located Saradjian next to a campfire in the Cold Creek drainage. This is below the resort boundary lines. Teams from El Dorado and Douglas counties reached him at about 7:15pm.
Heavenly won’t be letting Saradjian ski at the resort the rest of the season.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
If you don’t know – Don’t go. Where did this cat think he was going? Not even a powder day. Gaper.
Fine him.
Disoriented? Head downhill. It’s not that hard.
I saw three older women come out by Van Sickle Park yesterday crossing the intersection,they looked burnt out from walking,carrying their skis packs,there’s no snow any more folks that low ,so save you energy.
Really don’t have to sweat the driveway snow as march here, warms up melts,Spring on its way and the snow birds can start coming north before long.
I hope he is billed for the costs of his stupidity.
LOL!
Hope that this person has to pay for the cost of the search, and for putting others at risk looking for him.
I am trying to figure out how he got lost in that area?
Did he drop down South above Powder Bowl lift off of Ridge Run?
Cuz anyplace below that you would be lost in plain sight?
And I am not aware of any exit gates over there, just ducking a boundry rope and then requiring a search should create some kind of fine.
I am not an advoacte of billing for SAR. But getting lost leaving the Ski area?
my taxes pay for THIS???? was he roasting his bigballz at his campfire? Should’a let the coyotes have him, they’re hungry this time of year.