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Search For Missing Hiker Continues After Snow In Rocky Mountain National Park

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (AP) — The search for a missing hiker in Rocky Mountain National Park continued on Thursday after it was suspended because of adverse weather conditions.

Technical crews searching Longs Peak for 30-year-old Ryan Albert of Marlton, New Jersey, ran into extreme conditions on Tuesday including waist-deep snow drifts, wind, ice, cold temperatures and low visibility.

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(credit: Rocky Mountain National Park)

The search was temporarily suspended due to a winter weather advisory issued for Wednesday.

Crews headed out on Thursday morning to search areas below tree line.

Ryan Albert
Ryan Albert (credit: CBS)

Albert was last seen in Denver on Oct. 4. Family members reported him overdue on Oct. 5. The four-day search has turned up no clues as to Albert's whereabouts.

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