The family of an elderly Arizona man missing in the Uinta Mountains nearly a week pleaded for volunteers to help as the search resumed Friday.
Melvin Heaps, 74, left for a hike along the Crystal Lake Trailhead in Summit County Monday. When he didn’t return home that night, family members called 911.
The terrain in the Crystal Lake area can be rugged and challenging, even for an avid outdoorsman as Heaps, who family members say has hiked in the Uintas numerous times in the past.