Two elderly hikers missing in California
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Two elderly hikers with more than 30 years of hiking experience were missing in California&#39;s Sequoia National Park late Thursday, two days after they were to have returned from their outing.
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RENO, Nevada  - Air crews searched a 10,000 sq mile area of the Nevada and California desert for a fifth day on Friday but still had no clue on the whereabouts of missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett.
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A father and three children who vanished on a Christmas tree-cutting trip in the Northern California mountains were found alive Wednesday after huddling in a culvert for warmth during three days of heavy snow.
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RENO, Nevada  - Air crews planned to search a vast area of the Nevada and California desert for a fifth day on Friday in the hope of spotting missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett.
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SHAVER LAKE, Calif. The weather is apparently cooperating in the search for 13 hikers missing after an intense California storm. It dumped snow and rain across the Sierras over the past two days.
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Three members of a San Francisco family missing for more than a week were found alive Monday in a remote area of southern Oregon, police said. A search continued for the father.
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JENNER  Authorities tried to determine Thursday whether two bodies found in sleeping bags on a Sonoma County beach belonged to two camp counselors reported missing earlier this week.
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Death notices sent to relatives of missing people
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Police in the North Georgia mountains are looking for a man described as a "person of interest" in the disappearance of a 24-year-old woman last seen hiking on New Year's Day.
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A 48-year-old Salt Lake County man and his 14-year-old son were rescued Sunday night after they became lost on a mountain-biking trail near Big Mountain at the top of East Canyon.  Salt Lake County Sheriff's Sgt.
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Britons who reported people missing in Asia, but have since heard they are alive are urged to contact the authorities.
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By Mary Anne Ostrom, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jan. 30--The search continued today for the pioneering Bay Area computer scientist who went missing after he left Sunday morning for what he told family was a day sailing trip to the Farallon Islands to dispose of his mother's ashes.
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A missing San Francisco father, who set out on foot during the weekend to find help for his stranded family in Oregon's snowy coastal mountains, left clothing and other items that appeared arranged to guide searchers, officials said Wednesday.
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Two National Forest Service workers hiked several miles and more than 2,000 feet down a mountain and were spotted by a passing motorist Wednesday two days after they were reported dead in a plane crash near Montana's Glacier National Park.
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Crews on the ground and in the air searched part of a national forest Wednesday for a University of Oregon professor who went missing days ago after telling friends he was going on a day hike.
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By Christina Vance, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 10--The Sierra reminds me.   Trail hikers frequently talk of coming to their senses in the high places -- finding escape from the din of cell phones and honks of cars. They leave behind stuff-crammed buildings, carrying only a bag.
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Forget a Global Positioning System or even a map. The Earth's own original satellite is the most important guide for two hikers making the first known continuous trek of the nation's western coastline.