However, due to trail conditions and avalanche danger, those efforts have been suspended since Saturday. Rescuers are using helicopters and drones until ground searches can resume, Huerta added.
A Sands agent did not immediately respond to a request for comment earlier Thursday.
Separately Statement issued Wednesday morningThe Sheriff’s Department said two hikers had fallen to their deaths in or near the Mount Baldi area over the past month in “extremely dangerous” conditions in the mountains about 40 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. said.
Rescuers have launched a total of 14 search operations for missing, stranded or injured hikers in the past four weeks, the statement said, noting that snow turned to ice in high winds. Severe weather and avalanche conditions have hampered search and rescue efforts, the statement said, adding, “Recent storms that have resulted in snow and ice conditions have caused even hikers who feel they have a high level of experience. Not good for hikers,” he added.
Sands starred opposite Helena Bonham Carter in the 1985 romance A Room With a View.he Appeared In other films such as ‘The Killing Fields’, ‘Boxing Helena’, ‘Leaving Las Vegas’ and the series ’24’.