News Release

Friday’s Search Efforts For Micah Tice

Searchers in the Boulder Brook area on November 30, 2018.

Courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release Date: November 30, 2018

Contact: Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer, [phone]

Contact: Park Information, [phone]

Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members continued today to search the Longs Peak area for Micah Tice. Most of today’s efforts were focused below the Granite Pass area and the Boulder Brook drainage. Over the last week the overall search area has encompassed approximately 10 square miles. There was a small window for air operations today on Longs Peak, however weather in the Front Range hampered launch efforts of the Colorado National Guard Helicopter from Buckley Air Force Base.

Assisting Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members today included Rocky Mountain Rescue, Air Force Academy Mountaineering Club, Diamond Peaks Ski Patrol, Alpine Rescue Team, Larimer County Search and Rescue and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Yesterday, Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members received information from park visitors who were in the Longs Peak area on Saturday, November 24. They spoke and hiked with Micah Tice for approximately 20 minutes. They reported that he was wearing a black sweatshirt, black sweatpants, a black hat, black lightweight gloves, tennis shoes and a light blue backpack. Micah indicated he had started from the Longs Peak Trailhead at 6:30 a.m. They last saw Micah in the vicinity of the Battle Mountain area, between 7:30 to 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 24, as visibility and weather conditions continued to deteriorate.  

On Monday, November 26, Rocky Mountain National Park rangers were notified that the US Air Force Academy was asking for assistance in locating a missing Cadet Candidate, Micah Tice, 20, from Las Vegas, Nevada, who was last heard from late Friday, November 23. Tice’s vehicle was located at the Longs Peak Trailhead late Monday afternoon. It is unknown what Tice’s planned destination or route was. Weather for Longs Peak on Saturday included blizzard conditions, extremely high winds, bitter cold temperatures and snow accumulation.
 
 Park rangers would like to hear from anyone who has been in the Longs Peak area since Saturday morning, November 24, or who may have had contact with Tice regarding his planned route on Longs Peak. Please call Rocky Mountain National Park at [phone].