The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department asked hikers with experience in the Mount Waterman area of the San Gabriel Mountains to help locate a missing hiker on Tuesday.
The hiker sent a photo to a friend before becoming lost and search-and-rescue teams hope avid hikers can identify the location.
A caller reported the hiker missing at 6 p.m. Monday, saying his 45-year-old friend sent a text advising he was lost and his cellphone was dying.
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Posted by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, April 13, 2021
The hiker’s car was then found near the Buckhorn Campground, roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It was not known which trail he took from there.
The photo shows the hiker from the knees down, apparently on a precipice with a canyon below and slopes in the distance.
The legs are very dirty, possibly from a wildfire burn area, the department said.
Weather over the mountain range was very cloudy Tuesday as a deep marine layer pushed far in from the ocean.
