Robert Paul Maurer II, 31, disappeared while snowmobiling in backcountry near Glacier, Washington, on February 19, 2000. He was dressed in blue jeans, a blue vest, a blue windbreaker and a red, white and blue helmet, and carried a green backpack. Family raised the alarm when he failed to return or make contact.

Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office mounted an extensive air and ground search in rugged Cascade terrain. Searchers eventually found Maurer’s snowmobile at the bottom of a deep crevasse, and authorities concluded he had likely been buried in snow within the crevasse. The difficult and dangerous conditions prevented recovery of a body and the official search was later suspended.

Those who knew Robert remembered an experienced outdoorsman taken in a presumed accident by hazardous terrain. Does anyone have information about his last known route or saw him that day?