News Release

Saturday’s Search Efforts For Missing Man Last Seen On Mount Meeker

Date: July 7, 2018
Contact: Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer, [phone]
Contact: Park Information, (970) 56-1206

Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue members continue search efforts today for Brian Perri. Perri’s last known location was the summit of Mount Meeker (13,911 feet) on Saturday, June 30. Northern Colorado Helitack is again supporting today’s aerial search efforts. Also assisting Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue members today is Larimer County Search and Rescue and Rocky Mountain Rescue based in Boulder County. There are 64 people involved in today’s efforts, including 46 searchers in the field.   

Search efforts will again concentrate on ridge lines and couloirs including the Loft Route via Keplinger’s Couloir, the Dragon’s Egg Couloir and Meeker Ridge, as well as lower sections of Mount Meeker.
    
Late Thursday July 5, park rangers were notified by Fort Collins Police that Brian Joseph Perri, 38, of Fort Collins, Colorado, had been reported as missing. Perri was last known day hiking on Saturday, June 30, in the Mount Meeker area of Rocky Mountain National Park. On June 30, Perri texted a friend a photograph of himself from the summit of Mount Meeker. After rangers were notified of the missing man, they located Perri’s car in the parking lot at the Sandbeach Lake Trailhead.
    
 Perri was day hiking and was expected out on Saturday, June 30. Perri’s destination was believed to be the summit of Mount Meeker. This would be approximately 14 miles round trip from the location of his car. In the photograph he texted, he was wearing a tan full brim hat, sunglasses, and red backpack. He has minimal equipment and may have a yellow rain jacket and yellow orange puffy jacket. He had no known tent or camping equipment. Perri is 5’9” and weighs1 60 pounds.

Park rangers would like to hear from anyone who has been in the Mount Meeker area since Saturday, June 30. Especially those who noticed abandoned gear or other clues. Please call [phone].