Romsdal’s message: This is stated by the police in Møre og Romsdal on Twitter on Thursday at 19.
Police are asking other hikers in the area to get in touch.
– We want contact with everyone who has been in the area from Wednesday afternoon and Thursday to get in touch on 02800, says operations manager in the police, Leif Arne Mork to Rbnett late Thursday night.
According to addressees. no is the man from Levanger, but has in recent years lived in Ålesund. He must be very accustomed to the mountains.
The man is said to have set out on a trip to the 1,598 meter high mountain on Wednesday afternoon. The police state that there is every reason to believe that he has gone on the trip and not come down again.
It was around 2 pm on Thursday when the police announced that a search operation had been initiated.
Photo: OTTAR RYDJORD, Romsdals budstikke
The operations manager at Møre og Romsdal police district, Arild Reite, informed Rbnett at 14.10 that they had received a report of concern.
– The concern was that the man, who is in his 20s, informed the reporter that he was going for a mountain hike around noon on Wednesday. Melder has not been in contact with the man today, and they were therefore concerned and contacted us.
A large-scale search operation has been launched for a missing hiker in his 20s. The man is said to have set out on a trip to Nyheitinden in Isfjorden on Wednesday afternoon, and has not been heard from since. PHOTO: OTTAR RYDJORD Photo: OTTAR RYDJORD, Romsdals budstikke
Reite said that the police have made investigations, and sent a patrol up into the valley, where it is natural to park when going on this mountain hike. There is also the missing hiker’s car.
– There is every reason to believe that he has gone on the trip, and not come down again. Therefore, we launched a search operation in and around the area. The police are there with crew and police dogs, Norwegian rescue dogs, the Red Cross and Norwegian People’s Aid are also on site, Reite stated.
Exploration crew in place: According to Rbnett’s reporter on site, there will be 18 people from the Red Cross in Rauma and Tresfjord on site, and people from Norwegian People’s Aid Nesset will be on their way from Meringdalen and Eikesdalen. Photo: OTTAR RYDJORD, Romsdals budstikke
The operations manager does not know if the man was equipped to be out for a long time.
Nyheitinden is a peak at 1,598 masl, and is located between Isfjorden and Eikesdalsvatnet.
Rbnett was in contact with the police around 4.15 pm, and there were no new updates. Operations Manager Leif Arne Mork then said that large resources have been invested in the search operation from, among others, the police, relief corps and civilians.
Romsdals Budstikke’s employee at the place where the car is parked, states in the 1830s on Thursday that 5-6 avalanche dogs have searched in the area. And crews from the Red Cross and Norwegian People’s Aid have been far up the mountain without the man being found.
At 2030 on Thursday night, the police, operations manager Leif Arne Mork informs Rbnett that there is fog and low cloud cover in the area by Nyheitinden. It will be considered whether it is possible to apply by helicopter at the top of the mountain.
– Sea King has now arrived after another rescue mission. It will now be assessed whether there is good enough visibility to apply by helicopter at altitude, says Mork.
– How is the terrain to travel in for the search crews?
– In the lowlands, the terrain is fine, but further up there are high mountains and the area around the peak is steep and high, in addition there are glaciers, says Mork.
He states that crews have so far rented up to around 1000 meters altitude, and been in some DNT cabins in the area.
– Have any observations been made of the missing person?
– We are not 100 percent sure, but a tour group may have met the man yesterday when he started the trip. We believe that, says Mork.
– Is it possible to continue the search throughout the evening after dark?
– We will continue outside, even after dark. We will keep the pressure up as long as it is safe and sound, the operations manager states.
The police inform RBnett just before 10 pm on Thursday night that they will be in the area with crew all night, and assess the search. They will start searching again as soon as it lights up.
The case was first published in Romsdals budstikke.
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