[Nfbc-info] Please Pray for Mike May's family

[Nancy Lynn]

I got this from another list and thought you'd be interested in it.
Hi: 
This is only send as FYI.
Please keep Mike May's family in your thoughts & prayers. - Kim 
A 23-year-old ski instructor disappeared after skiing at a Placer County
resort Thursday, setting off a search for the man who teaches at the
slopes, police said Friday.

Carson May, an employee at Sugar Bowl Resortnear Norden, went skiing on his
day off Thursday afternoon but didn't meet a friend to get a ride home,
said Dena Erwin, a Placer County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman. His
belongings were found inside a locker on the grounds. 

Resort spokesman John Monsonsaid the ski patrol learned he was missing
around 10 a.m. Friday and contacted the sheriff's office. May worked as a
Mountain Sports Learning Centerski instructor, he said.

Crews with the sheriff's office, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, and the
resort's ski patrol sent out skiers, snowmobiles and a snowcat in the
search. They already scoured the front side of the resort looking for May
and continued to look for him at the back side Friday night, Erwin said. 

UPDATE:
NORDEN, Calif. - Search and rescue crews are still looking Saturday for a
23-year-old man who went missing Thursday afternoon while skiing at Sugar
Bowl Resort at Donner Summit. 

The Placer County Sheriff's Office on Friday identified the skier as Carson
May, of Davis, Calif., who works at Sugar Bowl's Mountain Sports Learning
Center as a ski school instructor. 

"There are 43 searchers on the mountain. There's high avalanche danger in
certain areas, which won't be searched for now," according to a PCSO
statement at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday. 

The search resumed at 7 a.m. Saturday. Teams looking include those from the
PCSO Auburn and Tahoe stations, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, Tahoe
Avalanche dogs, Contra Costa County Search and Rescue, National Ski Patrol,
and Sugar Bowl ski patrol. 

PCSO officials said May got lost after his last ski run Thursday while
working at the resort. 


"He did not show up for his ride home, and it was discovered (Friday)
morning that he never made it home last night," according to a PCSO
statement Friday. "His belongings are still in his locker at the resort. 

"May was last seen wearing a blue Colombia jacket, bright green pants, and
a blue helmet." 

Sugar Bowl officials on Friday said May was reported missing at about 10
a.m., once his friends realized he did not make it home the night before. 

Ski patrol, PCSO officials and TNSAR volunteers began searching Friday
morning by ski, snowmobile and Snocat, according to Sugar Bowl, focusing in
and around the last known area of the missing skier. 

A search helicopter was flying over there resort's backside on Friday. It
will return Saturday should weather conditions allow, according to PCSO. 

"Sugar Bowl Resort is in communication with the family, and the active
search for the missing skier is currently ongoing," officials said Friday
afternoon. 
        

  Kevin MacMillan
kmacmillan at sierrasun.com