Searchers were looking Friday afternoon for a Port Angeles man missing since he went on a day hike in the Olympic Hot Springs area Monday.
Jim Griffin, 60, was reported missing by friends when he didn’t arrive for a Christmas Eve dinner.
Three National Park Service searchers began the search that evening and searched through the night. On Christmas day,
two 2-person search teams searched for Griffin. In the afternoon they found his day pack 50 feet off the trail, about a half mile from the trailhead. The hike from the trailhead to Olympic Hot Springs is 2.5 miles.
Griffin’s pack did not contain gear for an overnight trip, so he was likely on a day hike. He frequently takes day hikes to the Olympic Hot Springs.
Searching today
Searchers will planned to look until dusk on Friday and start the search again Saturday at 7 a.m.
Searchers included people from Olympic National Park, Olympic Mountain Rescue, and three dog teams from German Shepard’s Search Dogs.
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