Large-Scale Search Suspended for Missing Colorado Hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park

The National Parks Service revealed that "search efforts have not provided further clues at this point"

The large-scale search for Chad Pallansch, the trail runner who went missing two weeks ago in Rocky Mountain National Park, has been suspended, park officials announced Tuesday.

According to the National Park Service (NPS), the "broad" search for Pallansch, 49, was halted following the NPS's announcement on Saturday that the search, which had entered its tenth day, had 77 people and even a drone team involved.

The NPS said on Thursday that the investigation had been hampered by severe weather conditions. The agency announced on Tuesday that the search will resume once the conditions warrant it.

Pallansch was reported missing on Sept. 28 after his vehicle was located by park rangers at the North Inlet Trailhead on the west side of the park, according to a news release from the NPS.

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“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.

Following the search of those locations, the NPS implemented a closure in an effort to aid the dog teams' efficiency. However, the closures have now been lifted.

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.

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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."

Pallansch began a 28-mile journey that started from the East Inlet Trailhead near Grand Lake and consisted of crossing the Continental Divide and “off-trail travel through steep talus slopes," per the NPS report. Although the Colorado native was described by officials as an “experienced” trail runner, he had never previously taken the East Inlet trail.

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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.

A GoFundMe page has 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.

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