Maybe we should just start requiring our over-enthusiastic skiiers and riders to participate in a new reality-TV show called “Survivor: Vermont” in which they learn NOLS-style to quickly take care of themselves in the winter conditions in the woods.
All cell phones will be checked at the lift-line. They will only be given the gear most skiers and riders take with them for in-bounds skiing and riding.
We also wonder whether perhaps Killington might consider marketing to a brainier demographic, but we know that the dollars are with the 18-25 year-old males who respond to appeals to “Ski the Beast.”
Seriously, we hope everyone is okay. We got the below Vermont State Police press release late Sunday night and have since placed a call to Killington officials to make sure that two “outstanding” lost souls have been successfully guided to safety. We will update if they are still “at large.” -WEB
PRESS RELEASE
INCIDENT: Out of Bounds Skiers
CASE #: 13C100103
TROOPER: Michael Tietz STATION: Rutland CONTACT#: (802) 773-9101
DATE/TIME: 01/06/2013, at approximately 15:15 hours
LOCATION (specific): Killington Ski Area, Pico Ski Area, Vermont
INCIDENT: Out of bounds skiers
MISSING PERSON: Sam Seeland, Ryan Fabricatare, Brian Massa, Mario Vehusic, Domo Vehusic, Anthony Kovacevic, Ben Dvoracek, Emily Wilson, Reed Bassette, James Grantham
AGES: 23,18,17,30,25,28,29,19,18,18
CITY, STATE OF RESIDENCE: Ontario, Canada, Beachwood, NJ, Toms River, NJ, West Hartford, CT,
SUMMARY OF INCIDENT: On January 6, 2013, at approximately 1515 hours, the Vermont State Police received several reports of lost skiers. The Vermont State Police received reports of a total of ten lost skiers in different groups. Three skied off of a trail at Pico Mountain Ski Area and were lost on the Catamount Cross Country Ski trail. These three individuals came out of the woods by the Appalachian/Long Trail on US RT 4. Seven skiers skied out of bounds of the Killington Ski Area. Two skiers are still in the woods and contact is on going to help guide them out. The other five skiers have come out of the woods on Wheelerville Road in Mendon, Vermont
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 