Found Alive MT - Madeline Connelly, 23, & dog Mogie, Bear Creek Trailhead, Essex, 4 May 2017

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Madeline Connelly and her dog, Mogie, were last seen near the Bear Creek Trail Head near Highway 2 in Essex.

Officials say Connelly was last seen wearing baggy pants and a hoodie.

She's described as 5-foot 5-inches, weighing around 120 pounds. Mogie is a tan and white medium sized dog.

Curry says deputies located her black Subaru outback with Arizona plates, but neither Connelly or Mogie.

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http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/...arching-for-woman-reported-missing-near-essex
http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/keci/flathead-authorities-search-for-missing-woman-dog/488074514
 
still missing:

25-year-old Madeline Connelly, most recently of Prescott, Arizona, went missing while hiking in the Great Bear Wilderness south of Glacier National Park.

Connelly was in Montana visiting relatives and reportedly went for a day hike on Thursday with her dog. Her vehicle was found two days later at the Bear Creek trailhead near Essex. She is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and about 120 pounds.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/8/two-people-reported-missing-in-northwestern-montan/
 
MzOpinion8d said:
Wow, 12 miles! I'm assuming she wasn't intending to hike that far, so she must have been lost and moving in the wrong direction? So scary.
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I'm looking for a map of the trail.

If she is a known hiker it's not unusual for hikers to do some long day hikes. I hike and do some 6-10 mile day hikes but I'm old:).

ETA - But yes getting lost is defiantly a possibility. It happens a lot even to experienced hikers.
 
12 miles might not be too far if she was doing a loop. However if she is 12 miles from her car and was planning an out and back then that is a long day hike.
 
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She was visiting her uncle in Flathead County on her way to a new job in Anchorage, Alaska. She went on a hike in the area on May 4 and never returned.

"There are four groups of three people on the ground doing a grid search of the area. Also, three helicopters dropped off three different groups up on the mountain to do a top-down search. A friend of the family is with another group as well as two other groups on foot."

"They think she was heading for a cabin, which is a seven-mile hike from the trailhead," a neighbor said, reading from a family member's text. "They can see where she missed the turn for the trail to the cabin. They can see that she crossed a small stream. Her tracks and the dog's were visible just past the stream, but shortly thereafter they lost her trail.

"It shows she still has all of her stuff with her, and there is no evidence of a wild animal encounter."

Helicopters were out last night with infrared cameras searching for the woman.

Connelly was supposed to return from her hike on the end of the day Thursday.

http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/5-8-2017/River-Forest-woman-missing-in-Montana/
 
It's good they think she has all her equipment still.
 
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