Gary Fisk, 74, went missing after setting out alone on the Crow Pass Trail in Girdwood, Alaska, on September 21, 2021. A resident of Eagle River and described as an experienced outdoorsman, Fisk left the trailhead carrying a small backpack and a sleeping bag and was wearing a red synthetic shirt, greenish-beige hiking pants, a blue jacket, and ankle-high hiking boots. He planned to reach the Eagle River Nature Center two days later but never arrived.

Snow was falling at the trailhead when Fisk began his hike, and a major storm moved in soon after, depositing more than a foot of snow across the mountain range and producing low cloud cover. The Crow Pass Trail is an undeveloped, strenuous route with steep elevation gain, rocky scrambling, ladders, ropes and a swift, cold river to cross. Search teams including state park rangers, the Alaska Mountain Rescue Group and volunteers used ground crews, ATVs and helicopters and walked the full 26-mile trail twice, but found no trace. The official search was later suspended while authorities revised their approach; Fisk’s whereabouts remain unknown.

Did anyone hiking Crow Pass around September 21, 2021, see Gary or notice unusual conditions that day?