Search continues for lacking man Chad Pallansch in Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park

The seek for Chad Pallansch continued Thursday in Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park. The 49-year-old from Fort Collins was reported overdue on Sept. 28.

He was final heard from round midday on Sept. 27. A textual content was acquired on the time indicating he was virtually to the summit of Mount Alice and roughly miles from the Bear Lake space. Park rangers confirmed his automobile was nonetheless parked on the North Inlet Trailhead on the west aspect of Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park. 

Pallansch began from the East Inlet Trailhead close to Grand Lake on Sept. 27. His reported itinerary was a 28-mile route which included crossing the Continental Divide and touring on established trails in addition to off-trail journey via steep talus slopes. Potential journey areas embody Lake Verna, Mount Alice, Chiefs Head Peak, Black Lake, Mills Lake, and Flattop Mountain. 

In response to investigators, he had not tried this route beforehand however is an skilled path run who has run a number of routes within the park together with Longs Peak greater than 30 occasions. 

Pallansch is described as 5-foot-7, 155 kilos, with brown hair and blue eyes, is taken into account a match runner with each path operating and marathon expertise. He’s doubtless sporting a black ultralight jacket, black operating shorts or leggings and a gray fanny pack. Pallansch had private navigation with him, however the gadget was not designed for emergency help.  

Search efforts have included floor crews and a search from the air together with a heat-sensing fixed-wing flight. On the bottom, crews have lined areas together with North Inlet and East Inlet Trails, Mount Alice, Black Lake, Higher Glacier Gorge space, Thunder Lake, Lion Lakes, Sandbeach Lake, Boulder-Grand Cross, Lowell Peak, McHenry’s Peak, Arrowhead, Thatchtop, Stone Man Cross, Chiefs Head Peak, west ridge of Pagoda, Andrews Glacier, Higher Chaos Canyon, and Tyndall Glacier areas.

Helicopter flights occurred Thursday and are deliberate once more Friday. As climate permits, floor searchers and canine groups can be flown to a number of areas on Friday. RMNP stated that with a purpose to restrict scent distractions and help the effectiveness of the canine groups, a closure is in impact starting Thursday at 6 p.m. from Mount Alice to McHenry’s Peak together with Black Lake and Lion Lake 1, Lion Lake 2 and Snowbank Lake

Thus far, search efforts have turned up nothing. 

Extra Data from Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park:

In case you have data that might assist investigators, if you’ll have seen or know Chad Pallansch, or for those who had been within the areas listed above on September 27, please contact us. You do not have to inform us who you might be, however please inform us what you recognize. CALL the Nationwide Park Service Investigative Companies Bureau Tip Line 888-653-0009, ONLINE type go.NPS.gov/SubmitATip or EMAIL nps_isb@nps.gov. 

Helping Rocky Mountain Nationwide Park Search and Rescue Crew members embody Larimer County Search and Rescue (LCSAR), Grand County Search and Rescue (GCSAR), Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMR), Entrance Vary Rescue Canines (FRRD), Colorado Search and Rescue Affiliation (CSAR), plane from the State of Colorado Division of Fireplace Prevention and Management (DFPC), Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack (US Forest Service) and a contracted helicopter with Trans Aero.