Sandra Johnsen Hughes, 53, was last heard from on June 26, 2020, when she told family she planned a solo camping trip near Bass Lake, California. An experienced outdoorswoman who had been in California about six months, she went missing during the summer of 2020 as COVID-19 limited some aspects of the response.

On July 1, campers found an abandoned, disorganized campsite near Johnson Meadows in the Sierra National Forest above Bass Lake. Belongings at the site — including a birth certificate and Social Security card later confirmed as Sandra’s — were scattered. Her car was located crashed near the campsite on July 4. Witnesses said they saw her at the scene and reported she declined offers of help and walked into the woods; two other sightings were reported of people who did not know she was missing, and she again refused assistance.

Search efforts by the Madera County Sheriff’s Office and other agencies have been extensive but hampered by few solid clues and by the September 2020 Creek Fire, which changed the terrain in the search area. Sandra remains classified as lost/injured missing. If anyone was in the Johnson Meadows or Bass Lake area in late June or early July 2020 and saw someone matching her description, can you share what you remember?