Multiple search and rescue teams look for skier missing since Monday at Lake Tahoe
LAKE TAHOE — A 62-year-old Seaside, Calif., man reported as a lost skier Monday remains missing as of Tuesday morning, according to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
On Monday at around 4:30 p.m. Douglas County Emergency Communications received a call from Heavenly Ski Resort, reporting a lost skier. The skier was identified as Brett Herrick, age 62, from Seaside, Calif.
Herrick was last seen by his girlfriend on the Comet Run at around 11:30 a.m. The Comet Run is located off the Stagecoach Lodge area of Heavenly Ski Resort.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team was activated and launched a search and rescue mission. DCSAR was assisted by a helicopter aerial search from Naval Air Station, Fallon. Herrick was not located Monday night, and SAR suspects he is still on the mountain somewhere in the vicinity of the Comet Run.
The search continues Tuesday with assistance from Search and Rescue units from Washoe, El Dorado, and Placer counties and from members of Heavenly Resort Ski Patrol, and the Tahoe Nordic Group.