Posted on 02/13/2018 7:13:03 PM PST by mac_truck
WILMINGTON, N.Y. — A skier missing from Whiteface Mountain has been found in California.
New York State Police said Constantinos “Danny” Filippidis, 49, of Toronto, was found 2,900 miles away Tuesday in Sacramento.
Filippidis was reported missing last Wednesday by friends who said he could not be found as the resort was closing.
His belongings were found at the lodge and his car was still in the parking lot.
Since then, hundreds of volunteers have spent about 7,000 hours combing the mountain.
Crews used K-9s and helicopters as part of the search.
The steep and icy terrain make the search even more challenging.
Filippidis made contact with law enforcement officers in Sacramento.
He was reported to be in good health.
The circumstances of Filippidis' disappearance remain under investigation.
Officials have not said why he went missing.
Before Tuesday, police said they had no reason to believe Filippidis was not on the mountain.
That’s a hell of a bender !
He told Sacramento County Sheriff’s deputies he may have suffered a head injury while skiing.
Filippidis remembers being in a “big rig-style truck” and sleeping for much of the ride, sheriff spokesman Sgt. Shaun Hampton told the Post-Standard. When he was dropped off in downtown Sacramento, the sergeant said Filippidis got a haircut.
That’s one heck of a fraternity prank!
They gotta change the name of that mountain. I’m getting all butt-hurt here.
Married with children, it was his wife who encouraged him to contact police after he called her.
He may have hit his head skiing, although how he got off the mountain remains a mystery.
Going to Whiteface for an annual round up in 2 weeks. It’s a challenging mountain. Because it’s the tallest rock for the weather to hit east of the Rockies it gets icy. And because it’s now run by the state the lodge and bar area have a post-apocalyptic feel. Run down, icy, tall and steep. Never crowded. I love it.
I hear the name “Squaw Mountain” is up for grabs.
I think we'll find out HE was weird.
Yep, NYS state owned. They have invested millions of taxpayer dollars into it recently if you haven't been there in a while.
I am there every year past 4 in a row. I see the improvements. But the relics from 1980 that still occupy places around the trails ... that’s the past-apocalyptic part. Praying for some new snow.
Hey, I resemble that remark.
I started skiing Whiteface in 1974. There were no bars on the mountain and 6'12" NY State Troopers all around to confiscate any alcohol they saw.
That's when ski pole flasks came into fashion. LMAO!
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