Lost Montreal Skier Walks Out of Woods at Jay

[thetrailboss]

It was all over the VT news this weekend. Apparently she and a friend were skiing on Stateside and got lost. They spent the night. He got separated from her and went for help. She is in good spirits.

First incident of the winter. Hopefully the last.

A short article.

 

[JD]

At least it was warm.

 

[Warp Daddy]

be careful out there guys

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

It usually seems like the lost skiers are always from the Garden State..

 

[davidhowland14]

It usually seems like the lost skiers are always from the Garden State..

yeah, I often get Montreal and New Jersey confused. Or is that not what you meant?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

yeah, I often get Montreal and New Jersey confused. Or is that not what you meant?

No 9 times out of 10 the lost skiers went in the woods at Killington to smoke a doobie and get stranded..and they usually end up being from NJ..lol

 

[davidhowland14]

gotcha :lol:

 

[thetrailboss]

No 9 times out of 10 the lost skiers went in the woods at Killington to smoke a doobie and get stranded..and they usually end up being from NJ..lol

"Duuuuuudddde, where are my skis? Where's the trail????" :lol:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

"Duuuuuudddde, where are my skis? Where's the trail????" :lol:

You know Montreal has two meanings...In French it means Mount Royal....In Rastafarian it means...Hey Mon..trees for All..lol..cough cough..

 

[ccskier]

I hope they charge her. Should be a pretty decent bill. I was not up there, but all of my buddies said that there was a helicopter, snowmobiles everywhere. If she had so much mountain experience, why did she not just do as much traveling she could at daylight? I heard they were out on the long-trail side of the dip over the ridge, how do you not know where to head to the road from there.

 

[2knees]

here is a really ignorant question. Some of the marked glades at Jay seem to cover alot of acreage. Specifically BBP which is also the edge of the resort. Is there any demarcation at the far edge of these glades that tell you that you're out of bounds?

I realize this was not the situation here nor have I ever heard of someone being lost like this. Jay or elsewhere.

 

[ccskier]

here is a really ignorant question. Some of the marked glades at Jay seem to cover alot of acreage. Specifically BBP which is also the edge of the resort. Is there any demarcation at the far edge of these glades that tell you that you're out of bounds?

I realize this was not the situation here nor have I ever heard of someone being lost like this. Jay or elsewhere.

It is clearly marked on either side, either Timbuktu or BBP. There is a rope and signs that are saying, you are now leaving the Jay Peak Resort, you are resonsible for yourself.

 

[eatskisleep]

Yep, you can't miss the ropes. She must ahve known she was going past. Also must not have known the area via roads. She could have just kept skiing down to hit the main route 242.

 

[riverc0il]

The terrain over there can be pretty confusing even for people that go out there often. You swear you are heading one way but really going the other, quite easy to get yourself confused even on familiar terrain. Though going downhill will always eventually lead to 242, just depends which side of the ridge you end up on whether it is an easy downhill or a hard downhill. I would guess this skier ended up on the wrong side of the ridge.

 

[crank]

The boundary is very clearly marked. There are usually a lot of tracks heading past the signs and the ropes. I have skied OB there to skiers right of Timbukto many times but never all the way to 242. I always went out far enough to get some fresh pow and then traversed back for the bottom of the Stateside triple. She should have known that if she just headed left she would hit the resort or the road. No need to spend the night outside.

Reminds me of a story... I skied Evergaldes at Jay, a really nice glade located well within the ski area boundaries. My friend's wife was tagging along for the run while my buddy skied the groomers with the kids. She didn't want to drop in where I did and kept going down the trail for a bit. I traversed to my right (the direction she was headed) and looked and called for her before deciding she had bailed and skied the groomed run down. Waiting and waiting at the bottom for her I wasn't so sure. I had given her a walkie and after a while she called me. She had dropped into the trees further down and kept working her way to the right. She said she was worried and lost because she couldn't see any other tracks. (Remember this is within the middle of the ski area, there was no way she could keep going and not hit a trail.) I told her just to traverse left until she ran across some tracks and then follow them out. 10 minutes later she showed up at the lift.

Moral of the story. Be aware of where you are and where you should be heading to end up where you want to end up. If she wanted to stick with me, why didn't she work her way left, towards where I entered the glade instead of right. How do you not know to turn back to the left to find the trail you left to the left?