Final moments before skier Andrew Seton’s tragic death in Snowy Mountains

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Final moments before skier Andrew Seton’s tragic ****** in Snowy Mountains

The final text of a backcountry skier who ***** in a tragic accident in the NSW Snowy Mountains has been revealed as an inquest begins into his tragic ******.

Andrew Seton, 24, sent his girlfriend a selfie on the morning of Saturday, September 3, 2022 captioned “windy up top” but in the hours following he ***** in a suspected fall at Watsons Crag.

An inquest is examining the experienced skier’s ******, as well as the police response and the multi-agency search before his body was discovered on a rock two days after he headed into the wilderness.

The court heard that Mr Seton set out on Friday, September 2, 2022 from his Canberra home for Jindabyne, spending that night in his car as he headed to the Kosciuszko National Park.

The following day he drove to Guthega, where his troop carrier was later found in a car park, striking up a conversation with some fellow skiers as he set out into the backcountry.

He contacted his girlfriend via text message that morning and other skiers reported having seen a solo skier travelling along a ridge line at Watsons Crag early that afternoon.

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The alarm was raised when he ******* to call his mother Janice by Saturday evening and his family contacted police.

The court heard that he always contacted his mother when he came in from the ski fields following a day trip.

During the search his family told police he would not have camped overnight and did not own equipment such as a tent or bivvy, the court heard.

He was carrying supplies and equipment, including a personal locator beacon, however it needed to be activated manually.

He also did not fill out a trip intention form, which would have alerted the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and NSW Police where he was intending to travel.

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post on a backcountry skiing community group alerted rescuers to his likely location when several people reported seeing Mr Seton at Watsons Crag.

A search was launched by the Alpine Operations unit of the NSW Police, NSW Ambulance, National Parks and Wildlife and the SES.

A search team set out on Monday and at 3pm his body was located by a police helicopter.

His body was found on a rock, at the bottom of a chute, near some fast-flowing water, and wasn’t able to be retrieved until the following day, with the court hearing the terrain was dangerous and steep.

The court heard he suffered multiple injuries, including to the head, consistent with a fall from a height and that his ****** would have been instantaneous.

The NSW police have located a body in the Snowy Mountains, believed to be a missing 23-year-old skier. The body was found in a remote area known as Watsons Crags yesterday afternoon during a large-scale search for the skier, who has been missing since Saturday. Specialist police are working to retrieve the body after a recovery operation was suspended yesterday due to steep terrain and hazardous conditions.

The inquest is looking at the police response, the multi-agency search and whether it could have commenced sooner and whether he should have been recorded as a missing person from the outset.

His mother, Janice Seton, also told the court that she was at times frustrated because several officers asked her the same questions during the initial police response.

Counsel assisting Jake Harris told the court that Mr Seton ***** “doing what he loved”.

“He was drawn to an invigorating and demanding and highly-skilled sport,” Mr Harris said in his opening remarks on Monday.

Mr Seton was an experienced backcountry skier, having skied in Chile as well as working in the Colorado snowfields.

“He really did love skiing and the snow and the cold, we don’t understand why,” Ms Seton told the inquest during her evidence.

“It was an inherent thing that he just loved.”

The inquest before Coroner Teresa O’Sullivan continues.

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