Stateline, NV – Officers with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office in Nevada have cited a skier with leaving the boundaries of Heavenly Resort at Lake Tahoe.

According to Sgt. Pat Brooks, at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue responded to a report of a missing skier from the Heavenly Ski Resort. It was reported that the missing skier, 28-year-old Nicholas Bridges from South Lake Tahoe, Calif., ducked under a boundary rope at Heavenly and skied out of bounds. The reporting party was not able to contact Bridges for over two hours and called the sheriff’s office.

Members of the Search and Rescue team began a coordinated search of the potential area. At approximately 8:10 p.m., Bridges made contact with the sheriff’s dispatch and provided information as to where he could be located. At 8:52 p.m., Search and Rescue members met with Bridges, who reported no injuries.

Bridges was issued a citation for skiing out of bounds.

According to Douglas County Code 9.08.030, “Skier Duties: 11. A skier, having used a ski lift or surface lift of a ski area, must not ski under a manmade barrier that is designed to prohibit a skier from entering a closed portion of the ski area or from leaving any part of the ski area. For the purpose of this section, a barrier may be designated by roping off an area. Any skier that violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor. The bail for this violation is $640.00.”