A FATHER-of-six died after he was blinded by a snow machine and crashed while at a ski resort.
Lee Draper, 61, crashed into a snowbank and suffered a significant brain injury that killed him.
He was skiing with his 18-year-old son, Moses, down the Majestic run at Brighton Resort when the tragic accident happened.
A snowblower blocked their vision causing Lee to crash, and Moses to almost go down with them.
“I tried checking for a pulse but my hands were my hands were so cold it was kind of hard to feel,” Moses told ABC4. "I was just hoping it wasn’t my dad."
Moses said his dad wanted to back out of skiing but decided to go through with it on Wednesday morning.
"He called me at 6.30 and said we are going skiing and I was so excited," a tearful Moses explained.
The teenager said that he couldn't pass up the opportunity to head out on the slopes with his dad.
"He told me the reason he stayed fit all his life was so that he could do things with us and be with us and be healthy for us," he added.
Lee Draper is survived by his wife Tami, five siblings, his six children, and many grandchildren.
Sharing tribute to her father, Lee’s oldest daughter, Jacey Humphreys said that their proudest moment is being a Draper.
"I hope people still catch me in the street and be like you are a Draper kid we love your mom and dad so much we are so lucky to have them," Jacey said.
Lee's youngest daughter, Shelby, said: "I think that he would hope that we would all wake up in the morning and go fishing or go on an adventure and not let this hold us back."
His eldest son, Tom, 38, added: "He was the greatest man I knew and the world had lost the world has lost something great by his passing.
"He would give almost anything for anyone around him and that he would give everything for his family."
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