Chad Pallansch, Missing Trail Runner in Rocky Mountains National Park.Photo:National Park Service
National Park Service
The large-scale search for Chad Pallansch, the trail runner whowent missing two weeks agoin Rocky Mountain National Park, has been suspended, park officials announced Tuesday.
In Tuesday’s announcement, the agency noted that the search for Pallansch, 49, will resume once the conditions warrant it.
“Search efforts have not provided further clues at this point,” the NPS revealed on Tuesday.
While the federal bureau has yet to receive additional clues, the NPS Search and Rescue Teams are continuing to review aerial photographs and drone footage.
“Reported clues will be investigated as appropriate,” the statement continued.
Along with monitoring the aerial photographs and drone footage, the search teams — composed of ground searchers, dog teams and a State of Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) drone team — focused their recent efforts around Black Lake, Lake Powell, Stone Man Pass, Chiefs Head Peak, McHenry’s Peak, Mount Alice and surrounding ridgeline areas, the NPS shared.
Those searching the various locations include the Larimer County Search and Rescue (LCSAR), Grand County Search and Rescue, Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMR), Colorado Search and Rescue Association (CSAR), the State of Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control’s (DFPC) Multi-Mission Aircraft (MMA), Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack (US Forest Service) and a contracted helicopter with Trans Aero.
Pallansch was last heard from around noon on Sept. 27, after he sent a text that “indicated he was almost to the summit of Mount Alice."
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Pallansch is 5-feet-7-inches tall and 155 lbs. and is likely wearing a black ultralight jacket, a gray fanny pack and black running shorts or leggings, officials said. He also had a personal navigation device with him that wasn’t set for emergency purposes.
AGoFundMe pagehas been set up to provide financial assistance to the Pallansch family during this difficult time. More than $19,000 has been raised as of Wednesday afternoon.
If you have information that could help investigators, call the National Park Service Investigative Services Bureau Tip Line at 888-653-0009, email nps_isb@nps.gov or fill out the online form at go.NPS.gov/SubmitATip.
source: people.com
