A search was underway Monday above Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park for a missing snowshoer. Park officials said the snowshoer, who reportedly is from Puyallup, disappeared during a snow storm Saturday night. He intended to stay overnight at Camp Muir, but was forced to descend due to winter storm conditions. A group him into their shelter at Panorama Point, but when the shelter was destroyed by the storm, they attempted to complete their descent to Paradise together. During the descent, he became separated from the rest of them in the vicinity of Edith Creek, officials said. After a quick search Sunday, a more intensive effort was launched Monday with ground searchers and an Army helicopter. Conditions were cold and windy and included avalanche threats, said Patti Wold, a park spokeswoman. The park's road to Paradise will be closed during the search, Wold said.
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