UPDATE: How missing skier told deputies he crossed the country

For nearly a week, more than 250 people braved brutal winter conditions and harsh mountain terrain to try to find a Toronto firefighter missing from a ski trip in the Adirondacks.

On Tuesday, the missing man was located in Sacremento, Calif., according to New York State Police.

Constantinos "Danny" Filippidis, 49 and a 28-year veteran with the Toronto Fire Service, called his wife just after noon on Tuesday, the president of the Toronto Professional Firefighters' Association told Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard.

"He kinda found himself," said union president Frank Ramagnano.

Filippidis disappeared last Wednesday during a ski trip in the Adirondacks with fellow firefighters. Friends said he told them he was going on one last ski run between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. at Whiteface Mountain. The ski center closed at 4 p.m. last Wednesday and friends found Filippidis' bag and vehicle but not him, Ramagnano told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise.

Once Filippidis called his wife on Tuesdsay from Sacramento, Calif., she urged him to call 911, Ramagnano said. Filippidis spoke with his wife and two kids -- he has a son and daughter, each between 18 and 25 years old -- after calling 911.

Police found Filippidis in the same clothes - his ski jacket and ski pants - that he was wearing when he disappeared last week in the Adirondacks, Ramagnano said. He also had his helmet and goggles, he said.

Once police found Filippidis, they sent photos of him to his family, who identified him for police, Ramagnano said.

The union president said he was told Filippidis seemed "confused" when he was found.

Ramagnano said he doesn't know how the missing man got to California.

Filippidis went missing when he was on an annual ski trip with the Toronto Fire Services' 32nd District, according to Ramagnano. They've taken the trip for 20 years, he said.

For the last week, more than 140 members of the Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Police and the Department of Homeland Security have looked for Filippidis. Organizations used helicopters, drones and dogs in the search.

Search and rescue groups and other volunteers battled at least a foot of snow on the first day of the search.

At least another 100 Toronto fire fighters have helped look for Filippidis, too, Ramagnano said. Hotels and residents in the Adirondacks covered rooms and meals for the fire fighters.

As many as 100 were out as late as Tuesday looking for Filippidis when it was learned he was in California. Back in Toronto, approximately 100 other firefighters volunteered to cover those firefighters' shifts, Ramagnano said.

The Toronto fire chief issued this statement: