The snowboarder, identified as 21-year-old Julie Abrahamsen, had last been seen Wednesday morning on Blackcomb Mountain, according to police. Search and Rescue found the 21-year-old woman on Saturday more than five kilometres from the ski boundary of Whistler Blackcomb. A helicopter spotted her tracks in the snow, followed them from the air, and found her in extremely rugged terrain at an elevation of 1,600 metres near Upper Wedge Creek. (Facebook) Brad Sills, senior manager for Whistler SAR said he was elated and joyed to see that Abrahamsen was alive and in good conditions despite being dehydrated. Rob Knapton said. She was reported missing on Friday, igniting a police and ski patrol search.
– Three days lost in the "back country" around Whistler, British Columbia, have left a snowboarder "cold," but apparently no worse for the wear. Twenty-one-year-old Julie Abrahamsen was found yesterday by searchers who spotted her tracks from a helicopter, reports ABC News. "Searchers followed the trail and at approximately 1:30pm located the missing snowboarder in cold, but good, condition," reads a statement from the Whistler Royal Canadian Mounted Police. She had last been seen Wednesday near Blackcomb Mountain; a roommate reported her missing on Friday, triggering a search. Abrahamsen was found in what the CBC calls "extremely rugged terrain" more than three miles beyond the ski boundary. "These moments are big for us because we don't get enough of them quite simply," says a Search and Rescue coordinator. "To find someone with a strong spirit who is able to endure the past three nights of weather—that's a big win for all of us." Officials are trying to figure out how Abrahamsen got so far astray. "It's not an area that would've been accessible by just riding your snowboard out," says an RCMP rep.