SAR - Green Valley Lake - Search Continues - Road Closures

San Bernardino Sheriff office Press Release -

Effective January 12, 2008 at 0600 a.m. the US Forest Service in Green Valley Lake will be closing fire roads 3N16 (Crab Flats Road) from Green Valley Lake Road to 3N14 (Big Pine Flats) and 2N13 (Snow Slide Road) will be closed from Green Valley Lake Campground to 3N14 at Fawnskin.
The National Forest Land within the designated road closure areas is also closed. The roads will reopen on Monday, January 21st, 2008.
In the addition to the fire road closures Green Valley Lake Road will be closed at 3N16 (Crab Flats Road).
Residents of the area will be the only persons allowed through the road closure. The road will reopen on Sunday, January 13th at 6:00 p.m.
The road closures are necessary to limit the amount of traffic in the Green Valley Lake area.

The search for Mr. Christy is continuing and there are over 100 volunteers expected to assit with the search Saturday, January 12, 2008. The weather continued to be sunny, warm and clear throughout the day.
Two airships were able to conduct aerial searches and assist the ground operation by inserting teams into their designated search areas.
The search will continue throughout the night with a small group of volunteers. The search will continue tomorrow morning. Volunteers from Contra Costa County, Bay Area Search and Rescue from Marin and San Mateo, Riverside County, Los Angeles County, Ventura County and the National Ski Patrol from both Northern and Southern California will continue to assist in the search efforts.
Friday, January 11, 2008 11:00 a.m. - The search and rescue operation continues in the isolated area north and east of the Green Valley Lake Campground. With approximately 40 search volunteers today, they are encouraged to continue to search under the huge boulders and dig if necessary, as Mr. Christy may have created a shelter from the weather.
The ground search teams have covered a 20-30 mile radius from the campground and a 100 mile radius has been covered from the air.
Approximately 100 volunteers outside of San Bernardino County have assisted with the search. The National Ski Patrol plans to bring an Avalanche Trained Dog to the search on Saturday, January 12th.
Search coordinators expect about 100 volunteers to assist on Saturday.
MANY THANKS TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK!