VERMONT STATE POLICE
PRESS RELEASE
CASE#: 12C107162
TROOPER: Senior Trooper Gelder
STATION: Rutland
CONTACT#: 802-773-9101
DATE/TIME: December 30, 2012 / 1010 hours
LOCATION: Pico Mountain, Killington, VT
INCIDENT: Lost Skiers
SKIER: Miguel Castro
AGE: 24
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Maryland
SKIER: Peter Dipietro
AGE: 25
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Maryland
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT:
On December 30, 2012, at approximately 1010 hours, Vermont State Police received a 911 call from Peter Dipietro in which he reported that his friend, Miguel Castro, and he were lost in the woods near Pico Mountain after they left a ski trail.
After approximately four of hiking through the woods, Dipietro and Castro were able to walk out to US Route 4 near Winterberry Extension in Killington, VT.
They were met by the troopers who provided them guidance through the woods and were medical screened by the Killington Rescue Squad for hypothermia.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 