PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A search has resumed for a 26-year-old man who apparently got lost while snowboarding on Mount Hood.
The Clackamas County sheriff’s office is leading the search for the missing snowboarder, who was not identified but was reported to be from the southeast area of the country and visiting a friend in Hood River.
The search began Sunday afternoon after the man called a friend on his cell phone to say he was lost.
Search crews were able to communicate with the man until his cell phone battery went dead, and are focusing on the tree line on the west side of the mountain.
The man was wearing clothing for snowboarding but crews said he was not equipped for extended overnight conditions, and temperatures have dropped into the teens.
