Search For Missing Skier Continues

Search operations for a missing skier at Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort resumed today.  Searchers have been looking since Tuesday night for 57-year-old Steve Leavitt of The Dalles.  Hood River County Sheriff’s Sergeant Pete Hughes says 33 searchers are out this morning, representing the Crag Rats, Portland Mountain Rescue, the 304th Air Force Reserves Rescue Squadron, Deschutes County, and Mountainwave Commuications.  Hughes says weather is difficult, with rainy conditions on the heels of over five feet of snow over the last five days leading to high avalanche danger, which has closed off a portion of the search area.  Leavitt was last seen when his ski pass was scanned at 11:20 Tuesday morning on the Heather Canyon Chair Lift.  Hughes said members of Leavitt’s family are at the site.

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