The body of a California woman who went missing while hiking Mount Baldy has been found.
Lifei Huang, 22, set out on a hike on the afternoon of 4 February, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. Loved ones reported the El Monte woman missing after not being able to contact her for several hours.
Search and rescue teams looked for Huang for the next two days, but due to extreme snowstorms and the risk of avalanches, had to pause search efforts until conditions were safer.
On Saturday, a citizen flying a drone reported possibly sighting the missing woman. Search teams were not immediately able to hike to the location due to weather conditions, and aviation crews couldn’t conduct an aerial search amid strong winds. Team members “stayed the night near the location to preserve the scene,” the sheriff’s department said.
The next morning, air rescue teams were able to hoist medics down to the area, where they found the body of Huang, which was then airlifted off of the mountain.