Thread: Lost for a month

I used to fly a lot around the Routeburn. No Cell phone coverage at those huts.
On one SAR last year , a nut job decided to walk from Glenorchy to Te Anau to find work. Out we go at about 4pm to search the Routeburn. I landed at each hut and the cops got out but no sign of him. Up towards Harris Saddle the DOC hut and Lodge were almost completely covered in snow. The track past Falls Lodge (below Harris towards GY) was barely visible due to the snow and there was signs of avalanches everywhere. We spent along time searching and had no luck. He ended up going back to Queenstown somehow.
It was about this time of year.
So there is a fair bit of snow up there, and the track wouldn't be easy to follow at all.