Rescue crews have suspended the search for a missing snowboarder in the Mount Baker Ski Area in Washington State.

Twenty-four-year-old Vitaliy Datskiy was reported missing Sunday afternoon by his friends after he failed to meet them at a pre-arranged location. He is the third snowboarder in as many months to have gone missing on the mountain. 

Ski patrol and the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office launched an immediate search, but severe weather conditions forced rescuers to stand down Wednesday.

Witnesses saw Datskiy enter a marked high-risk zone at the