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Mass. teen missing for 2 days found alive in Maine
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Maine — A 17-year-old skier was found alive and well at Maine's Sugarloaf ski resort Tuesday two days after disappearing while skiing with his father, officials said.
A snowmobiler who was not part of the search party found Nicholas Joy, of Medford, Mass., at about 9 a.m. on a trail west of Sugarloaf Mountain, the Maine Warden Service said. Joy was being taken to an area hospital for evaluation, officials said.
The warden service, the Sugarloaf ski patrol and others had been searching for Joy on skis, snowshoes and snowmobiles since Sunday afternoon, when he was reported missing.
Joy and his father split up after taking a chairlift to the top of the mountain and took separate trails down in what was going to be the last run of the day, Lt. Kevin Adam, the search coordinator, said Monday. They planned to meet in the Sugarloaf parking lot and drive back to Massachusetts, and the father called for help when his son didn't show up, Adam said.
The search was hampered Monday by high winds and blowing snow that limited visibility and caused the search to be called off at nightfall. Joy was located a short time after the search resumed Tuesday by Joel Paul, a snowmobile rider from Massachusetts, the warden service said.
One or two skiers get lost and are reported missing at Sugarloaf most winters, with skiers sometimes spending a night in the outdoors before being found. In a highly publicized case three years ago, four teenage snowboarders got lost after going out of bounds into ungroomed expert terrain, but they survived a cold night in dense woods and deep snow by continually moving around to stay warm.
