Spain Jay Slater, 19, missing on holiday in Tenerife, 17 June 2024

[GTB72]

Further to my earlier map which I believe is a bit out according to Lancs Live he was in this area.

Lancashire teen missing in Tenerife after night out as desperate appeal launched

Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, last told his friend his phone battery was on 1 per cent, that he needed a drink of water and 'didn't know where he was'

www.lancs.live

 

[Ocalasunrise]

Some info on the trail.

PR TF 51 San José de Los Llanos - Punta de Teno

This trail is the ideal opportunity to cross the beautiful Teno Rural Park from east to west.

www.tenerifeon.es

That's helpful as I don't have my walking maps for the island to hand.
A couple of things to ponder:
- Manchester Evening News article mentions he intended to catch a bus back but he missed it. If that's correct then he should have been on a road when he set out that morning.
- Articles mention he was close (so not 'on', although phone locations aren't always precise) to the TF51 trail and above the village of Masca. That suggests that he left the road he was originally on for the trail.
- The most likely place for that to happen would be (if he was heading south/southeast) on the TF436.
- It's windy road that runs north/south with the nearest villages being Las Lagunetas and Las Portelas. There is a bus that runs from those settlements that goes to Santiago del Tiede where it meets the TF1 major road and plenty of buses to get home.
- However the bus departures from those villages are such that - if the timings on the news article are correct - he'd have missed the early morning bus (circa 6.30am) with the next bus midmorning. (Circa 09.40am). That might indicate why he was walking.
- If he did start hiking the TF436 then the most likely turn off to the TF51 is at the Mirador Altos de Baranco. It's a popular tourist viewing spot, plenty of houses below you and the sign for the TR51 indicates only 3.6km to Casa de La Cumbre. (That name would indicate a house/village. However unfortunately it's the name for a barrranco or ravine).

A bit more specific information could put holes in some of the above.

 

[Loyaloil]

Clever lad to ping his location just as his battery was about to die.

A kind lady made her way up to the mountains today where the last known ping came (from what I seen on the Costa Adeje FB page). She alerted local police, fire and mountain rescue all whilst a taxi was running on the meter.

I do wonder if he has become disorientated with the heat, dehydration etc.

 

[Loyaloil]

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I have been on this for a few hours and there is a time lapse but just a shame can’t search a specific time.

The photo is the last known pinged location he sent to his friend Lucy (who he is out there on holiday with). I think they need to concentrate in the mountains.

 

[Loyaloil]

Teen missing in Tenerife LIVE updates as desperate search continues

The 19-year-old has gone missing while on holiday on the Spanish island with his pals

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[GTB72]

That's helpful as I don't have my walking maps for the island to hand.
A couple of things to ponder:
- Manchester Evening News article mentions he intended to catch a bus back but he missed it. If that's correct then he should have been on a road when he set out that morning.
- Articles mention he was close (so not 'on', although phone locations aren't always precise) to the TF51 trail and above the village of Masca. That suggests that he left the road he was originally on for the trail.
- The most likely place for that to happen would be (if he was heading south/southeast) on the TF436.
- It's windy road that runs north/south with the nearest villages being Las Lagunetas and Las Portelas. There is a bus that runs from those settlements that goes to Santiago del Tiede where it meets the TF1 major road and plenty of buses to get home.
- However the bus departures from those villages are such that - if the timings on the news article are correct - he'd have missed the early morning bus (circa 6.30am) with the next bus midmorning. (Circa 09.40am). That might indicate why he was walking.
- If he did start hiking the TF436 then the most likely turn off to the TF51 is at the Mirador Altos de Baranco. It's a popular tourist viewing spot, plenty of houses below you and the sign for the TR51 indicates only 3.6km to Casa de La Cumbre. (That name would indicate a house/village. However unfortunately it's the name for a barrranco or ravine).

A bit more specific information could put holes in some of the above.

Bbm.

So in the area below as per Google Maps and the M.E.N report?

 

[Ocalasunrise]

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I have been on this for a few hours and there is a time lapse but just a shame can’t search a specific time.

The photo is the last known pinged location he sent to his friend Lucy (who he is out there on holiday with). I think they need to concentrate in the mountains.

Oh blimey. If that's correct then he's dropped off from the road and headed downhill, and there isn't anything much down there aside from another barranco/ravine.
There is a concrete track leading off from the road so can understand why it might suggest more is down there than there is and at that point he wouldn't have been able to see that the next village was a few km away.

 

[Loyaloil]

It’s a real mindfield but i am confident they will find him soon, or at least pray they do!

 

[GTB72]

It’s a real mindfield but i am confident they will find him soon, or at least pray they do!

Hopefully he has found shade and a water source and is found alive. At least the authorities are less in the dark re the areas to search. Still a race against time though.

 

[Loyaloil]

Yes I remember last year following a trail in Majorca to a cove and even with that being well sign posted to the cove we got lost. It’s difficult terrain.

 

[GTB72]

Manchester Evening News live blog.

Lancashire teen missing in Tenerife after night out as desperate appeal launched

Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, last told his friend his phone battery was on 1 per cent, that he needed a drink of water and 'didn't know where he was'

www.lancs.live

Missing posters being put up in Adeje, which is 9 hours walk away. Is this possibly where their accommodation is. Although, the media were saying a 10 hour walk.

 

[Loyaloil]

Yes I think costa adeje area albeit more likely las americas (more lively) but this is where his friend Lucy initially put the plea out on the Costa Adeje FB group after his last call at 8:50am yesterday morning to her.

They were at a music festival ‘NRG’ at the Hard Rock Cafe hotel in Arona area the Saturday night. He then took a car ride with people he had met there up into the hills in the north of island (roughly 45 mins away in a car) Thinking he maybe stayed there and in the morning set off to catch a bus…

I am also thinking 45 mins in a car the night before mix that with being intoxicated it could have felt like a 20 min car ride. He may not have realised he was actually 31km+ away from his hotel…

 

[Smccat]

Manchester Evening News live blog.

Lancashire teen missing in Tenerife after night out as desperate appeal launched

Jay Slater, from Oswaldtwistle, last told his friend his phone battery was on 1 per cent, that he needed a drink of water and 'didn't know where he was'

www.lancs.live

Missing posters being put up in Adeje, which is 9 hours walk away. Is this possibly where their accommodation is. Although, the media were saying a 10 hour walk.

My best guess would be anywhere from Playa de las Americas strip area up towards Adeje. Adeje itself is known to be more expensive than Playa de las Americas and not really somewhere the young ones would have as much of a ball imo. More couply.

edited by me: correct a spelling

 

[Ocalasunrise]

Bbm.

So in the area below as per Google Maps and the M.E.N report?

Yes, that's the area.
The location of the ping (posted by Loyaloil) is below the blue dotted line. Other info may suggest slightly above it.
If the ping location is correct then the track he was on largely peters out at Barranco Juan Lopez. I believe there are (very) rough trails that might eventually get down to a few isolated beaches (no roads or services). Classic lost person behaviour often means a person will choose to carry on downhill, however unpromising, rather than retrace steps. That's a much harder area to search than higher up.

 

[GTB72]

Yes I think costa adeje as this is where his friend Lucy initially put the plea out on the FB group after his last call at 8:50am yesterday morning to her.

Ebm

Thank you that's very enlightening. Perhaps he has came off the road and was on that trail that he had pinged because Costa Adeje is down in that general direction and he could see that via a map on his phone, whereas the main road to Santiago del Teide bends away from there.

IMO

 

[Loyaloil]

Ebm

Thank you that's very enlightening. Perhaps he has came off the road and was on that trail that he had pinged because Costa Adeje is down in that general direction and he could see that via a map on his phone, whereas the main road to Santiago del Teide bends away from there.

IMO

Yes that is actually true. So if he kept on in that direction where the heck is he?!

Tenerife has got quite dangerous over the years, muggings, gangs etc. I have been numerous times but I have heard some stories of late that aren’t great around safety.

 

[Smccat]

Yes I think costa adeje area albeit more likely las americas (more lively) but this is where his friend Lucy initially put the plea out on the Costa Adeje FB group after his last call at 8:50am yesterday morning to her.

They were at a music festival ‘NRG’ at the Hard Rock Cafe hotel in Santa Cruz the Saturday night. He then took a car ride with people he had met there up into the hills in the north of island (roughly 45 mins away in a car) Thinking he maybe stayed there and in the morning set off to catch a bus…

I am also thinking 45 mins in a car the night before mix that with being intoxicated it could have felt like a 20 min car ride. He may not have realised he was actually 31km+ away from his hotel…

The NRG festival wasn't at the Hard Rock Hotel in Adeje or The Hard Rock Cafe in Santa Cruz.

It was at the Hard Rock Cafe in Arona.

Address: Pirámide de Arona Avda. Las Americas s/n Playa de las Américas - Arona, Tenerife 38660 ES

 

[Loyaloil]

The NRG festival wasn't at the Hard Rock Hotel in Adeje or The Hard Rock Cafe in Santa Cruz.

It was at the Hard Rock Cafe in Arona.

Address: Pirámide de Arona Avda. Las Americas s/n Playa de las Américas - Arona, Tenerife 38660 ES

Oh apologies!

 

[GTB72]

Yes that is actually true. So if he kept on in that direction where the heck is he?!

Tenerife has got quite dangerous over the years, muggings, gangs etc. I have been numerous times but I have heard some stories of late that aren’t great around safety.

That sounds very ominous. Good that you are bringing your knowledge of Tenerife to bear in this thread as it is making it much easier for me to follow re potential routes taken.

 

[Smccat]

Oh apologies!

It's cool. I was actually just double checking myself to see if they'd had a change of venue last minute. The photo that was released in the Daily Mail of the revellers at the festival didn't look right to me somehow.