Constantinos “Danny” Filippidis 

WILMINGTON, N.Y. —  A skier missing for six days on Whiteface Mountain in remote northeast New York and presumed dead has turned up alive and well 2,800 miles away in Sacramento, California,  State Police reported.

Constantinos “Danny” Filippidis, 49, a firefighter from Toronto, contacted authorities in California’s capital city Tuesday morning. There was no immediate explanation for his mysterious disappearance.

They said he was in good health and did not appear distraught or distressed.

“The circumstances regarding this case are under investigation,” said a State Police statement. “Further details will be released at a later date.”

Filippidis was reported missing by friends at Whiteface Mountain, site of the 1980 Winter Olympics alpine ski events, around 4:30 p.m. last Wednesday. He had been skiing with a group of fellow Toronto firefighters earlier in the day but split off and took a solo ride up to the mountain’s mid-station, where he was last seen at 2:30 p.m. 

Authorities said helicopters; search dogs and 135 people spent 7,000 hours searching for him on Whiteface, one of the most rugged and highest peaks in the Adirondack mountain chain. The search involved six government agencies, two ski patrols and local volunteer organizations.

Beau Duffy, a State Police spokesman, said no estimate of the cost of the massive search had been calculated yet. 

Filippidis’ car was still parked at the ski resort lodge Tuesday.

“He was tagged (ski ticket scanned) at the base of the mountain every hour on the hour until the moment he went missing,” said Jon Lundin of the Olympic Regional Development Authority, which operates Whiteface Mountain.

The Plattsburgh, New York, Press-Republican contributed details to this story.