After watching the video at the top of the article, I'm willing to cut him some slack. He says that he was notified of his best friend's death on the way to the mountain and left his backpack behind even though he brought it to the mountain with him. As he said, he probably should have just turned around and gone home instead of continuing with his day given his emotional state.
As always, the story presented is not always what it seems. Yes this man lost a friend and yes he may of left his backpack behind. However the claim that he was distracted and simply took a wrong turn is far from the truth...
I know the area he was in and there is are plenty of warning signs etc posted.
A rep from the ski resort stated this also: Koeman (of Cypress Mountain)
said that in order to end up where he did, Boucher, 33, of West Vancouver, had to have ignored and disobeyed a series of warning signs and then either climbed over or crawled under a boundary rope.""Also on another local forum, much the same:
"There are signs, gates, notices. Cypress can't do more other then close sky chair." (the lift.)
Luckily for this man, the local SAR rescued him and with all SAR teams,
The risk is very high, but they do it anyway. 
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