Julian Sands Missing While Hiking On California’s Treacherous Mt. Baldy - Deadline

UPDATED with details connected search: Search-and-rescue teams are searching contiguous for British histrion Julian Sands, who went missing successful the San Gabriel Mountains implicit the weekend. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department person been searching for Sands successful the Baldy Bowl country of Mt. Baldy since helium was reported missing Friday, January 13 astatine 7:30 p.m.

Per the SBCSD:

On January 15, 2023, telephone pings showed Sands to beryllium heading to the Mount Baldy area. Additional telephone pings from the compartment supplier were attempted but were unsuccessful, owed to the deficiency of compartment work and astir apt compartment telephone powerfulness failure. A delayed ping done Sands’ Apple iPhone operating system, from January 14, 2023, provided a imaginable determination connected 1 of the trails starring to the acme of Mount Baldy. This country was checked by crushed searchers and by helicopter. Ground and aerial searchers were incapable to find immoderate grounds successful this country that would assistance successful locating Mr. Sands. 

The 65-year-old Sands, a nonmigratory of North Hollywood,  is an experienced hiker and has climbed successful the Andes and the Swiss Alps. He has appeared successful specified films arsenic Warlock, Ocean’s Thirteen, The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, Arachnophobia and Leaving Las Vegas.

The histrion told The Guardian successful 2020 that helium was happiest erstwhile “close to a upland acme connected a acold morning” and had aspirations of climbing “a distant highest successful the precocious Himalayas, specified arsenic Makalu.” He said the closest helium had ever travel to dying was “In the aboriginal 90s, successful the Andes, caught successful an atrocious tempest supra 20,000ft with 3 others. We were each successful a precise atrocious way. Some guys adjacent to america perished; we were lucky.”

The hunt for Sands was interrupted Saturday nighttime erstwhile avalanche risks and unsafe way conditions developed connected the 10,000 ft peak. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department pulled crushed crews searching for Sands disconnected the mountain.

The hunt continued with helicopters and drones, and crushed crews volition resume erstwhile upwind conditions improve, according to the Times.

A spokesperson for the sheriff’s section urged others to debar the Mt. Baldy area, saying it is “much excessively dangerous, adjacent for the skilled hiker.” At slightest 3 radical person perished portion climbing the upland the successful the past six years. Most precocious Crystal Paula Gonzalez-Landas died aft falling down an icy slope, according to the L.A. Times.

Authorities are besides searching for Bob Gregory from Hawthorne, who was reported missing by household members connected Monday, according to ABC 7 reports. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s San Dimas presumption said the hunt for Gregory is successful the Crystal Lake country of the San Gabriel Mountains.

PREVIOUSLY connected Wednesday: British histrion Julian Sands has gone missing portion hiking Southern California’s 10,000-foot Mount Baldy, located northeast of Los Angeles.

Authorities successful San Bernardino County are searching for Sands, property 65, who was reported missing connected Friday. He is believed to beryllium connected the Baldy Bowl Trail, a fashionable spot connected the San Gabriel Mountains.

“Due to the terrible upwind and alpine conditions, the hunt has been hard and the usage of aerial resources was constricted implicit the weekend,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office said successful a statement. “The hunt is continuing with aerial resources and further updates volition beryllium fixed erstwhile available.”

Sands has appeared successful specified films arsenic Warlock, Ocean’s Thirteen, The Killing Fields, A Room with a View, Arachnophobia and Leaving Las Vegas.

The hunt comes comes amid terrible upwind conditions successful the mountains.

“Over the past 4 weeks, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SAR) Teams person responded to 14 rescue missions on Mt Baldy and successful the surrounding area,” constabulary said successful a quality merchandise via Facebook connected Wednesday.

“These rescue missions person been for lost, stranded and/or injured hikers. Unfortunately, during these past 4 weeks, 2 hikers did not past aft falling and injuring themselves,” it added.

Police reiterated that the upwind connected the upland is “adverse and highly dangerous” amid precocious winds and caller terrible storms crossed the state.

“The snowfall has turned to crystal making hiking highly dangerous,” said the sheriff’s department.