Search Continues For Missing Skier At Northstar; Tip Of Fresh Tracks Turns Out To Be From Bear

NORTHSTAR SKI RESORT (CBS13) — Search efforts are continuing for the skier who went missing astatine Northstar edifice connected Christmas.

Rory Angelotta, 43, didn’t amusement up for Christmas meal with his friends. He had told them that helium was going to deed the slopes earlier gathering up with them, and the Placer County Sheriff’s Office says his skis walk was scanned astatine the Comstock assistance that morning.

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There has been nary motion of Angelotta ever since.

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Extreme upwind conditions person hampered the hunt effort. Rescue crews person been utilizing a Blackhawk chopper with infrared cameras to effort and find Angelotta.

Tuesday night, Placer County authorities accidental searchers were retired until aft 9 p.m. aft getting a extremity astir caller tracks successful a distant country adjacent the mountain. However, those tracks turned retired to beryllium from a bear.

The hunt for Rory Angelotta continues astatine Northstar Ski Resort.Last night, searchers were retired until aft 9 p.m. moving a extremity of caller tracks successful a distant country adjacent the mountain.Unfortunately,the tracks belonged to a bear. #searchandrescue #PCSO #PlacerCounty pic.twitter.com/2anRWW2qGL

— Placer Sheriff (@PlacerSheriff) December 29, 2021

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The hunt efforts are continuing connected Wednesday, adjacent arsenic different circular snowfall is expected to broad the region.

CBS13 Staff