Search Efforts Ongoing In Rocky Mountain National Park

落基山国家公园的搜索工作正在进行中

News Release Date: October 5, 2023

新闻发布日期：2023年10月5日

Contact: Kyle Patterson, 970-586-1363

联系人：凯尔·帕特森，970-586-1363

While weather including snow, ice and wind at high elevations has hampered on the ground search efforts for Chad Pallansch; ongoing investigations as well as reviewing aerial reconnaissance photographs and preparing for a concentrated ground search effort is taking place. Helicopter flights are occurring today for aerial reconnaissance and to confirm suitable landing zones to insert teams in the field beginning tomorrow. Weather and resources permitting, ground searchers and dog teams will be flown to several locations. To limit scent distractions and assist the effectiveness of the dog teams, a closure is in effect beginning tonight at 6 p.m. from Mount Alice to McHenry’s Peak including Black Lake and Lion Lake 1, Lion Lake 2 and Snowbank Lake (see attached map).

高海拔地区的风雪冰等天气给查德·帕兰施的地面搜救工作带来了阻碍，但目前调查仍在进行中，同时团队也在查看空中侦察照片，为集中地面搜救做准备。今天已有直升机升空执行空中侦察任务，并确认合适的着陆区，以便从明天开始将搜救队投放到现场。若天气和资源条件允许，地面搜救人员和搜救犬队将被空运至多个地点。为减少气味干扰、提高搜救犬的工作效率，今晚6点起，爱丽丝山至麦克亨利峰区域（包括黑湖、狮子湖1号、狮子湖2号和雪岸湖）将实施封闭（详见附图）。

Pallansch, 49, of Fort Collins, Colorado was reported overdue on September 28, and park rangers confirmed his vehicle was still parked at the North Inlet Trailhead on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. Pallansch was last heard from around noon on Wednesday, September 27 when a text that was received at that time indicated he was almost to the summit of Mount Alice and roughly 7 miles from the Bear Lake area.

49岁的帕兰施来自科罗拉多州柯林斯堡，9月28日被报失联。公园护林员确认，他的车仍停在落基山国家公园西侧的北湾步道起点。最后一次有他的消息是在9月27日周三中午左右，当时收到的短信显示，他快到爱丽丝山顶了，距离熊湖区域大约7英里。

Pallansch started from the East Inlet Trailhead near Grand Lake on Wednesday, September 27. His reported itinerary was an expansive 28-mile route which included crossing the Continental Divide and traveling on established trails as well as off trail travel through steep talus slopes. Potential travel areas include Lake Verna, Mount Alice, Chiefs Head Peak, Black Lake, Mills Lake, and Flattop Mountain. Pallansch had not attempted this route previously but is an experienced trail runner who has run numerous routes in the park including Longs Peak more than 30 times.

帕兰施9月27日周三从格兰德湖附近的东湾步道起点出发。据报他的行程全长28英里，路线涵盖穿越大陆分水岭，既要走已开辟的步道，也要穿越陡峭的碎石坡等非步道区域。可能经过的区域包括弗纳湖、爱丽丝山、酋长峰、黑湖、米尔斯湖和平顶山。这条路线他是第一次尝试，但他是经验丰富的越野跑者，在公园内跑过很多路线，光是朗斯峰就跑过30多次。

Pallansch is described as 5’7,” 155 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He is described as a fit runner with both trail running and marathon experience. He is likely wearing a black ultralight jacket, black running shorts or leggings and a grey fanny pack. Pallansch had personal navigation with him, but the device was not designed for emergency assistance.

帕兰施身高5英尺7英寸（约1.7米），体重155磅（约70公斤），棕发蓝眼。他体能很好，有越野跑和马拉松经验。他当时可能穿着黑色超轻夹克、黑色跑步短裤或紧身裤，背着灰色腰包。他随身携带了导航设备，但该设备并非为紧急救援设计。

Search efforts have included air reconnaissance, a heat sensing fixed-wing flight, dog teams, as well as ground crews on the North Inlet and East Inlet Trails, Mount Alice, Black Lake, Upper Glacier Gorge area, Thunder Lake, Lion Lakes, Sandbeach Lake, Boulder-Grand Pass, Lowell Peak, McHenry’s Peak, Arrowhead, Thatchtop, Stone Man Pass, Chiefs Head Peak, west ridge of Pagoda, Andrews Glacier, Upper Chaos Canyon, and Tyndall Glacier areas. Search efforts and the ongoing investigation have not provided further clues at this point.

搜救行动已覆盖多个区域，包括空中侦察、固定翼飞机热感应搜索、搜救犬队，以及地面人员在北湾步道、东湾步道、爱丽丝山、黑湖、上冰川峡谷、雷湖、狮子湖、沙滩湖、博尔德-格兰德山口、洛厄尔峰、麦克亨利峰、箭头峰、茅草顶山、石人山口、酋长峰、宝塔山西脊、安德鲁斯冰川、上混沌峡谷和廷德尔冰川等地的搜寻。截至目前，搜救和持续调查尚未发现更多线索。

Assisting Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members include Larimer County Search and Rescue (LCSAR), Grand County Search and Rescue (GCSAR), Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMR), Front Range Rescue Dogs (FRRD), Colorado Search and Rescue Association (CSAR), aircraft from the State of Colorado Department of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC), Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack (US Forest Service) and a contracted helicopter with Trans Aero.

协助落基山国家公园搜救队开展工作的单位包括：拉勒米县搜救队（LCSAR）、格兰德县搜救队（GCSAR）、落基山救援组（RMR）、前岭搜救犬队（FRRD）、科罗拉多州搜救协会（CSAR），以及科罗拉多州消防与控制部（DFPC）、北科罗拉多跨机构直升机灭火队（美国林务局）的航空器，还有Trans Aero公司的签约直升机。

If you have information that could help investigators, if you may have seen or know Chad Pallansch, or if you were in the areas listed above on September 27, please contact us. You don't have to tell us who you are, but please tell us what you know. CALL the National Park Service Investigative Services Bureau Tip Line 888-653-0009, ONLINE form go.NPS.gov/SubmitATip or EMAIL nps_isb@nps.gov.

如果您有能帮助调查的线索，见过查德·帕兰施或了解他的情况，或是9月27日曾出现在上述区域，请联系我们。您无需透露身份，但请告知所知信息。可拨打国家公园管理局调查服务局举报热线：888-653-0009，或通过在线表格提交：go.NPS.gov/SubmitATip，也可发送邮件至nps_isb@nps.gov。

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