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Eric Rose, 32, was attempting to travel to Silver City with his wife and their 1-year-old child when their truck got stuck in the snow on Feb. 7, the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office said.

The family had been waiting for days when Rose said he was going to try walking to find someone to help them on Feb. 10. He was last seen near Cow Creek and Trout Creek roads, a very remote area that was densely covered with snow, authorities said.

Rose’s wife and their baby remained in the truck, but it ran out of gas on Feb. 12, according to Amy Jennings, who identified herself on social media as Rose’s cousin.

Rose’s wife managed to find a cabin nearby and climbed in through a window, and she and the baby remained there for several days, Jennings told KBOI-TV. The woman was able to use a wood stove inside the shelter to melt snow and heat bottles for the child.

They were saved last Friday, officials said.

“Thankfully a snowmobile rider found them,” Jennings wrote on Facebook. “But Eric is still missing.”


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Silver City is usually not accessible during the winter. The only way in and out is on snowmobiles. Anyone who goes up there this time of year is a complete idiot.

Silver City is a mining ghost town. There are a few attractions open during the summer months. There are no year round residents.

The closest town is 25 miles away. Every year, some asshole decides to try to drive up there in the winter and a huge search and rescue is mounted to go find them. If he's dead, too bad. Don't spend anymore money looking for him. Wait until spring and go on a recovery mission.

Here are the road conditions.
https://www.historicsilvercityidaho.com/roadinformation.html
 
It's not just snow.

The Sonora desert in Arizona is harsh and unforgiving, and can spawn flash floods literally in minutes when the infrequent monsoon rains saturate the soil then begin to run off. And every year somebody will come to a barricade closing off some desert road that crosses a normally dry wash, go around it, and be caught up in flood waters. And some die.

It got bad enough Arizona started charging survivors for their rescue.

--Al
who respects nature
 
So I was curious if they had found him yet. Nope. It's a "recovery incident" now.

They were extremely stupid. Turns out they were traveling to California, and since the roads were slippery, they decided to take a "shortcut". First of all, it is not a short cut. If you use it as a short cut, it might cut about 2 or 3 miles off your trip, but it's guaranteed to add several hours. 2ndly, you don't use a stock, heavy assed Chevy Suburban to take on a road like this in the winter. It's an adequate vehicle for the summer. If you're doing this in the winter, you need a vehicle built specifically for something like this, preferably a Tucker or Thiokol Snowcat.
 
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