Search expands for missing cross-country skier in Kosciuszko national park

Family of 23-year-old raise alarm after the experienced skier failed to return to his car in NSW Snowy mountains on Sunday

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The search has ramped up for a cross-country skier who has spent two nights in freezing conditions in the New South Wales Snowy mountains.

The 23-year-old, whose family do not want him identified, last made contact on Saturday morning before setting out to ski the back country of Kosciuszko national park.

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