The search for a plane that has been missing since Dec. 17 in the Yosemite National Park area has been suspended, park officials announced.
The plane was last detected, via radar, on Dec. 17 over the North Dome area. An exhaustive multi-agency search began Dec. 18, but the effort was hampered by severe winter weather.
More than five feet of snow has fallen in the iconic Sierra wilderness park during the past week.
The pilot was Nicol Wilson of the Santa Barbara area.
His family had reported him missing on Dec. 17, after failing to arrive in the Eastern Sierra town of Mammoth Lakes, as planned.
Yosemite stated in a news release that the search for the missing plane will resume in the spring, when conditions allow.
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