Mother reports 21-year-old hiker missing

Heard on: Chaffee County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

We got a call transfer from Lake County.

00:02

Mother is missing her 21 year old son.

00:04

Said he was staying in Leadville, but had planned to climb out here on today.

00:09

Was going to start at 800 this morning, but she has not heard from him since.

00:14

His last location was on Snapchat, was 22 h ago.

00:18

She is worried.

00:20

She didn't know what trail had he was taking, either.

00:25

Go check the hotel he's supposed to be staying at.

00:31

Sounds like he just transferred her to us.

00:36

Okay, reading through the notes, it sounds like the last we've been on the app was twenty-two hours ago.

00:43

So obviously, that one in the show where he was hiking today at 808 hundred.

00:48

So if you can just reach out to Leadville and have them at least check the Leadville Hostel & Inn since that's where he's supposed to be staying.

00:58

Copy, 200 and twenty-five.

01:05

Central 263, additionally, can you run that party into a QA and try and get the plate for the vehicle?

2026-10-21 02:23 UTC

Missing Person

E 7th St, Leadville, CO 80461

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies received a report of a possible missing person after a mother said her adult son was supposed to stay in a Leadville hotel and then hike in Chaffee County, but she had not heard from him since around 0800. Deputies discussed checking the hotel and a vehicle plate associated with him.