Found Safe UT - 87 runners, trail marathon, Francis Peak, Davis Co, 9 Oct 2021

[GuyfromCanada]

DAVIS COUNTY, Utah — The Davis County Sheriff’s Office has sent out its search and rescue team looking for as many as 87 missing runners from an ultra trail marathon.

The race began Saturday morning at 5 a.m. Roughly five hours into the race, severe weather forced organizers to cancel the race. However, 87 runners were on the course when the race was called off.

The runners are on Francis Peak in Davis County where nearly a foot of snow has fallen. Wind gusts are as strong as 30 mph and the temperature has fallen into the 20s.

The race started in East Mountain Wilderness Park in Kaysville and was to end in Tunnel Springs Park in North Salt Lake. The course is made of a 12,000-foot vertical gain and a 10,000-foot decent.

Breaking: Search and rescue efforts are under way for several missing runners in Davis County

 

[happyday]

DAVIS COUNTY, Utah — The Davis County Sheriff’s Office has sent out its search and rescue team looking for as many as 87 missing runners from an ultra trail marathon.

The race began Saturday morning at 5 a.m. Roughly five hours into the race, severe weather forced organizers to cancel the race. However, 87 runners were on the course when the race was called off.

The runners are on Francis Peak in Davis County where nearly a foot of snow has fallen. Wind gusts are as strong as 30 mph and the temperature has fallen into the 20s.

The race started in East Mountain Wilderness Park in Kaysville and was to end in Tunnel Springs Park in North Salt Lake. The course is made of a 12,000-foot vertical gain and a 10,000-foot decent.

Breaking: Search and rescue efforts are under way for several missing runners in Davis County

Oh no! This is terrible! Did they not have advance warning that this kind of severe weather would be moving in? I hope all of these runners are rescued ASAP!

 

[azure]

A tiny bit more info, apparently the race is called the DC Peaks 50.

87 missing or injured marathoners near Francis Peak are safe

 

[TGIRecovered]

How can you lose 87 people on an organized run? It would be hard to believe that not even one of those people wore a smart watch or carried some thing else with GPS. In fact, I seem to remember that when you enter an organized race the number that you pin to your shirt has a tracker on it.

 

[Shiningstar]

I hope all involved are safe and found, godspeed! Awful news, 87 of them. Praying for the best!!

 

[AmandaSkis]

All 87 athletes are safe and accounted for!

87 missing or injured marathoners near Francis Peak are safe

 

[GuyfromCanada]

A full search and rescue team was deployed to Francis Peak, where conditions included snow 10 to 12 inches deep, 20-degree weather and wind speeds of 30 mph and swirling.

Initial reports indicate that some runners were experiencing hypothermia, though, the condition of those involved remains unknown.

87 missing or injured marathoners near Francis Peak are safe

 

[Shiningstar]

87 missing or injured marathoners near Francis Peak are safe


Safe!

 

[GuyfromCanada]

All 87 athletes are safe and accounted for!

87 missing or injured marathoners near Francis Peak are safe

Hooray!

 

[SuziQ]

What in the world? Why didn't the organizers cancel the race? The winter like weather approaching has been talked about here all week.

 

[SuziQ]

This is a really bad time of year to have events like this in Utah mountains. The weather can change quickly.

Fortunately, they were all found and hopefully the injuries are not bad.

Didn't something similar happen recently in China and some runners died?