"Lorne Kublik, her father, is upset she didn't tell her boyfriend in advance which ski trail she was on or when to expect her home."

"Even if she had, when would they have started looking for her and would it have done her any good? Just because they may have known the area she was in it may have taken forever to find her. She may have frozen to death waiting for somebody else to come get her."

Letting people know where you're likely to be need not necessarily be followed by waiting for someone to rescue you. Just like you've got redundancies with your firestarting materials, CYA is still the name of the survival game.

Suppose she had also broken one of her arms? Suppose a storm had materialized?

Yes, she did some things right. AND she was lucky.

Working your way out of a survival situation is still second best to not getting into one in the first place. While no one is all-seeing and all-knowing, why not hedge your bets?

Sue