Marine lieutenant missing after skiing trip in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.
Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Multiple agencies searched for a sixth day on Saturday for a marine who wentMono County Sheriff’s Office said Marine Corps Lieutenant Matthew Kraft was reported missing after not showing up on his scheduled return date.
He is believed to have started out of Kearsarge Pass on Feb. 24 and was supposed to hike out near the Twin Lakes area by Bridgeport on March 4 or 5.Lt. Matthew Kraft was reported missing to local law enforcement while on a back-country skiing trip on the Sierra High Route.Mono County deputies started searching for Kraft in the Bridgeport area Monday and Inyo County Sheriff’s Office searchers joined the effort the next day.
An ongoing search effort led rescuers to the Kearsarge Pass area on Saturday after Kraft’s rental vehicle was located by searchers Friday night. On Saturday, rescuers deployed a snowcat to rope-tow search and rescue team members on skis up to the Onion Valley parking area above Independence, where rescuers will clear as much area as possible.
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