It’s too bad that they couldn’t have found Mike’s son yet.
From: Marcia Moses
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:14 PM
To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msb-alumni] Sad News
Carson May was also mentioned on ABC this evening.
From CBS:
UPDATE: Mike May, Carson May’s father, spoke with CBS13 and thanked searchers
for their efforts in trying to find his son.
He says between the efforts of Sugar Bowl and the Placer County Sheriff’s
Department, they did what they could in difficult conditions as storms pounded
the Sierra during the weekend search.
He said some of the efforts were delayed by a few issues, including
difficulties with features like phone tracking. He recommends making sure
family and loved ones have access to features like Apple’s Find My iPhone so
they can easily track down a lost family member without delays from court
orders.
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SUGAR BOWL (CBS13) — The Placer County Sheriff’s Department has announced it
is suspending the search for a missing Davis ski instructor at the end of
the
day on Tuesday.
Carson May, 23, was reported missing on Friday and has not been seen since
Thursday afternoon at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort near Norden.
Several waves of strong Sierra storms have blown through the area since he
was reported missing, complicating efforts. The sheriff’s department has
described
the search as “treacherous” due to the heavy snow, and the avalanche danger
in the area.
Search crews scoured the area around Sugar Bowl over the long holiday
weekend. Stormy weather and avalanche concerns hampered the ground and air
search.
Crews
on the ground on Sunday
searched an area that recently had an avalanche and was where May’s phone
last pinged.
Sugar Bowl Resort issued the following statement:
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After five difficult days of extensive search and rescue efforts to find
missing skier Carson May, as of 4 p.m. today (Jan. 19) the Placer County
Sheriff’s
Office has suspended search and rescue operations. Tragically the hard work
and determination of hundreds of search and rescue professionals and
volunteers
has not resulted in finding Carson.
Carson, 23, a highly regarded friend and colleague of many here at the
resort, has spent the past three seasons as a Mountain Sports Learning
Center ski
school instructor. Staff members and the Sugar Bowl community will be
dealing with the impacts of this situation for some time.
First and foremost, however, our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go to the
May family, who have been dealing with the unthinkable these past five days.
The
May family and Sugar Bowl will work together moving forward to try to find
some sense of closure.
Sugar Bowl wishes to sincerely thank the more than 400 professionals and
volunteers, including seven avalanche dog teams and three helicopter teams
who
contributed to this monumental effort, including but not limited to:
The Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue, the
Nevada, Eldorado, Contra Costa, Fresno, Monterey and Douglas County Search &
Rescue
Teams, Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit, Marin County Rescue, the United States
Forest Service, California State Parks, Tahoe Backcountry Patrol, Tahoe
Avalanche
Control Team, Air Force National Guard, California Highway Patrol, and of
course Sugar Bowl’s Ski Patrol, National Ski Patrol, Ski School and all
staff
members.
Without these agencies, we would not have been able to cover the vast
terrain involved so quickly. Should anyone have new information please
contact the
Placer County Sheriff’s Office, and should any new clues arise moving
forward they will be investigated to the fullest extent.
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Marcia
