Correction: The Douglas County Sheriff's Office clarified that the skier actually went missing on Monday.

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A 62-year-old skier missing since Monday at Lake Tahoe's Heavenly Mountain has been found dead.

Brett Herrick of Seaside, California was found by Heavenly Ski Patrol and a K9 search dog in a wooded area between the Comet and Dipper runs about 100 feet from from the groomed trail, according to ta release from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.

Herrick's body was found immersed in deep snow.

The initial investigation indicates Herrick fell while skiing in the trees and could not right himself in the deep powder. An autopsy will be conducted, but rescuers believe he likely suffocated in the snow or died of exposure.

His body was found at about 10 a.m.

Herrick's family was notified Tuesday morning, his sister Brooke Herrick Lawson said.

Herrick was a carpenter who worked in Monterey and Carmel, building multi-million dollar homes on Pebble Beach's 17-Mile-Drive.

"He was a perfectionist," Herrick Lawson said, and loved skiing. "He was one of the best skiers I ever saw. He was having the run of his life."

At the time of his disappearance, Herrick was skiing with his girlfriend, but they had separated from each other. He decided to go through the trees while she continued down the run, something Herrick Lawson said they had done many times before.

Herrick was last seen at about 11:30 a.m. Monday and search and rescue teams were called in at about 4:30 p.m. after Heavenly called Douglas County Emergency Communications reporting a lost skier.

“Heavenly Mountain, Heavenly Ski Patrol and the entire Vail Resorts family extend our deepest sympathy and support to our guest’s family and friends,” said Mike Goar, Heavenly Mountain Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in a statement emailed to the Reno Gazette Journal.

Heavenly reported 19 inches of new snow Monday morning as a major Sierra winter storm that produced multiple feet of snow at ski resorts across the Tahoe Basin exited the region.

The snowfall had ski resorts issuing warnings about the risks of deep snow immersion and tree wells to the throngs of weekend skiers heading to the mountains for long President's Day weekend.

A skier in 2018 survived a night in the forest after becoming lost in an out-of-bounds area of Heavenly Mountain.

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The search was assisted by a helicopter dispatched from the Naval Air Station in Fallon.

The search included rescue units from Washoe, El Dorado and Placer counties in addition to Douglas County. Those teams were also assisted by Heavenly Ski Patrol and the Tahoe Nordic Group.