SAR (no subject found) — Mount Washington / Mount Madison, Apr 25, 2009

17-year-old male, Scott Mason of Halifax, Massachusetts

Scott Mason, a 17-year-old from Halifax, MA, left Pinkham Notch Visitor Center alone on the morning of Saturday April 25, 2009, planning an approximately 18-mile day hike over Mts. Washington, Jefferson, Adams, and Madison. He did not return and a multi-agency search was launched Sunday, hampered by waist-deep snow, avalanche danger, and impassable stream crossings due to rapid snowmelt. As of the April 27 update, 28 searchers were on the ground following a promising set of solo tracks, with no sign of Mason found.