A search entered a fourth day Monday in the Bristlecone Pine Forest in Inyo County for a 60-year-old Huntington Beach woman who disappeared while walking her dog at the Grandview Campground.
Sheryl Powell was reported missing by her husband at about 2 p.m. Friday, Inyo County sheriff’s officials said.
Powell’s husband told deputies they had just arrived at a campsite and she took their 5-pound, black and white dog for a walk and when he got out of the car, she was nowhere to be found, officials said.
Powell’s husband told deputies he searched for almost an hour before contacting authorities, officials said.
A California Highway Patrol helicopter with a thermal imaging device flew over the area and the Inyo sheriff and Search and Rescue began searching immediately, sheriff’s officials said.
The air and ground search continued over the weekend, officials said.
Powell is an experienced hiker, 5 feet 3 inches tall, 120 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and she may have been wearing a purple top. The small dog has a red leash.
Anyone with information on Powell’s whereabouts was asked to call the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office at 760-878-0383.