OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. — Park officials said search crews had been looking for 64-year-old Kelly Hall since Friday. He was overdue from an extended six-day, 39-mile hike.
There were three dog teams added to the search Saturday night and there are currently 16 searchers in the field.
Hall started his hike Aug. 30, setting out from the Obstruction Point Trailhead near Hurricane Ridge.
Family members said they were expecting him to at the USFS Slab Camp trailhead Thursday afternoon. He was reported overdue Thursday night.
Hall’s plan was to hike through Grand Valley to Grand Pass, then continue over Cameron Pass, through Dose Meadows to Gray Wolf Pass and follow the Gray Wolf Trail into the Olympic National Forest Buckhorn Wilderness.
Hall arrived in the area of the Elwha Ranger Station shortly before 10 a.m. Monday, safe and well, and contacted a park employee.
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