California Crews Search Rugged Lake Tahoe Wilderness For Hiker Missing Since Memorial Day

CBS Bay Area

June 3, 2026

A massive search effort is ongoing for a man missing since Memorial Day weekend in the Desolation Wilderness near Lake Tahoe.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said Jason Coughran, 60, was last heard from around 4 p.m. on May 25. He had set out from Fallen Leaf Lake, a smaller lake near the southern shore of Lake Tahoe, that morning and was last believed to be hiking near Angora Peak.

Coughran was later reported overdue, prompting a search complicated by the remote terrain and poor weather.

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