Missing Air France Pilot Found Dead After Falling 1,000ft at Mt. Whitney, CA Missing Air France Pilot Tom Gerbier was found deceased at the North Face of Mount Whitney, CA, on October 19, 2023. Gerbier, had been reported missing by his airline after he failed to show up for a scheduled flight to France from Los Angeles on October 18, 2023. Gerbier had arrived in the country as co-pilot on the AF66 Air […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | October 21, 2023 0 Comments
Search for Hiker Missing 12-Days in Kings Canyon National Park is Being Scaled Back For the past ten days, searches have been underway in Kings Canyon National Park and Inyo National Forest for Quang Trong Than, 66, of Newport Beach, CA. The search for Than is scaling back to limited continuous mode. This means that while searching will continue, the large number of resources and personnel that have been dedicated to this effort will […] SnowBrains | September 2, 2022 0 Comments
Teams Still Searching for 66-Year-Old Man Missing for a Week in Sierra Nevada Mountains, CA On August 22, 2022, Inyo SAR received a call for a missing hiker at Red Lake/Split Mountain in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, CA. Quang Trong Than and two others left Red Lake trailhead early on August 21 to climb the north slope of Split Mountain; class 2. Related: Could You Survive An Unplanned Night Out in the Mountains? At […] SnowBrains | August 29, 2022 0 Comments
Giant Sequoias Unharmed in California Wildfire For nearly two weeks, a fire has ravaged across the western side of California Sierra Nevada, known as the KNP Complex. Despite burning through California’s Sequoia National Park, there hasn’t been observed damage to any of the 2,000 sequoias in the park, including the largest, most well-known sequoia trees of the bunch. The fire, which was started by lightning strikes, […] Brains Breya Bergom | September 21, 2021 0 Comments
Rangers Asking For Help to Find Solo Hiker Missing in Sequoia-Kings National Park, CA Park rangers in Sequoia-Kings National Park, CA, on Thursday are asking for help finding a hiker missing since Wednesday. Matthew Thoke was last seen on 7/21/21 at about 1 pm, leaving the High Sierra Trail approximately 3 miles east of the Crescent Meadow trailhead, east of Panther Creek. Thoke split from his group and was hiking towards Crescent Meadow when […] SnowBrains | July 23, 2021 1 Comment
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA, Increase Fire Restrictions to Highest Level | Ban All Smoking & Campfires Due to extreme fire danger, record-setting temperatures, drought, and commitment of firefighting resources both regionally and nationally, Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks, CA, are increasing fire restrictions to Stage 3 – their highest level. Related: Disney’s Failed Attempt at a Ski Resort in Sequoia National Park, CA Effective from 12:00 pm on July 1, 2021, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National […] Fire Firebrains | June 29, 2021 0 Comments
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