Search and Rescue crews are actively searching for a hiker that went missing on Friday in Dusy Basin, in Kings Canyon National Park.
63-year-old Diane Salmon, from Lafayette, California was reported missing to the National Park Service late in the day on Friday, September 28, 2018. She was last seen on the Bishop Pass Trail on Friday morning on the Northside of the first lake in Dusy Basin, below Knapsack Pass.
Officials say she was hiking along trails with two members of her family and was intending to cross Bishop Pass to exit at South Lake in Inyo National Forest Friday night.
Along with what she's wearing in the photos, she also had a tan down-fill jacket with a red, black stripe across the chest, back, and arms along with black ski pants. With her red Osprey backpack, she had a black REI sleeping bag.
Dusy Basin is located in the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Wilderness at over 11,000 feet with high alpine lakes.
If you have seen Ms. Salmon, or have been in the Dusy Basin Area, please contact Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park at (559) 565-3117.
There are currently 21 responders assigned to this incident with more being ordered Sunday. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are being support with assistance from Inyo County Sherriff and Yosemite National Park Search and Rescue (YOSAR).
