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Search for missing hiker near Salmon Lake northwest of Silverthorne has concluded

71-year-old Ken May's last GPS coordinates were sent Wednesday. Summit County Rescue Group did not locate him after an all-night search.

SILVERTHORNE, Colo. — Summit County Rescue Group (SCRG) said the search for the missing hiker, 71-year-old Ken May in the vicinity of Salmon and Willow Lakes, northwest of Silverthorne, has concluded. 

More information will be provided no later than mid-day Friday.

SCRG said they sent teams to both Willow and Salmon lakes and the area of May’s last known GPS coordinates; however, they did not locate the hiker after an all-night search.

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May was wearing tan pants, carrying a blue backpack and possibly wore either a climbing helmet or broad-brimmed sun hat. SCRG said May has a slim build and is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 130 pounds.  

SCRG is a non-profit, all-volunteer mountain rescue group located in Summit County.

“He was planning to hike to Salmon Lake and Willow Lake with a detour to the summit of Mount Silverthorne,” SCRG said.  

Equipped with a SPOT tracking device that sent automatic GPS position updates, it showed he left his car around 7 a.m., expecting to return at 6:45 p.m. 

At 1:20 p.m., a message stated he was descending from the Mount Silverthorne summit. The last coordinated alert from his tracker was at 5:30 p.m., placing him on the ridgeline descending from the mountain towards Salmon and Willow Lakes, SCRG said. 

His SPOT device is no longer sending updates. 

SCRG is asking that anyone in that area may have seen May contact Charles Pitman at 970-333-9856.

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