The search area for the missing snowshoer covered over 13 square miles of the South Side of Mount Hood.  PMR teams combed the Southwest side from Mississippi Head down to Paradise Park and Zigzag Canyon, the Southeast side from White River Glacier down to Timberline Lodge and the South side from the 11,239-foot summit all the way down to the town of Government Camp near 4,000 feet.  Due to harsh weather, search operations later in the week were limited to the forested areas South of the timberline.
 
The subject's original destination was the Hogsback, a ridge South of the summit.
 
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