{"id":1780961,"date":"2026-02-20T01:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1780961"},"modified":"2026-02-20T01:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T22:29:06","slug":"missing-skier-found-deceased-after-overnight-search-at-northstar-resort-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1780961","title":{"rendered":"Missing Skier Found Deceased After Overnight Search at Northstar Resort, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_391820\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-391820\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-391820 size-full lazyload\" 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Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Deputies received a report of a possible missing person around 11 p.m. Wednesday, February 18.<\/strong> Investigators quickly located the man\u2019s vehicle in the Northstar parking lot and determined he had gone skiing earlier in the day but had not returned as expected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/snowbrains.com\/massive-tahoe-storm-pushes-snowpack-from-60-to-98-of-average-after-8-feet-falls-at-palisades-tahoe-ca-this-week\/\"><em><strong>Massive Tahoe Storm Pushes Snowpack from 60-98% of Average After 8 Feet Falls at Palisades Tahoe, CA<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Authorities immediately began coordinating a search effort.<\/strong> A lieutenant from the Placer County Office of Emergency Management organized resources overnight, and the Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue team was activated early Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 skiers, supported by a snowcat and two snowmobiles, deployed to search the mountain.<\/strong> Members of Northstar Ski Patrol also assisted in the operation. At approximately 9 a.m., search teams located the man deceased.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Sheriff\u2019s Office extended its \u201cdeepest condolences\u201d to the skier\u2019s family and friends. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Local news identified the deceased as Colin Kang from Fremont, California. <\/b>Kang was a ski instructor at Palisades Tahoe and a student at San Jose State University.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northstar Resort. | Image: Placer County Sheriff\u2019s Office A 21-year-old skier was found dead Thursday morning, February 19, after being reported missing at Northstar California Resort, according to the Placer County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Deputies received a report of a possible missing person around 11 p.m. Wednesday, February 18. Investigators quickly located the man\u2019s vehicle in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,267],"class_list":["post-1780961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-snowbrains-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1780961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1780961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1780961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1780961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1780961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}