{"id":38062,"date":"2022-10-03T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T01:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-runner-reported-missing-in-la-plata-canyon-still-not-found\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:42:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:42:01","slug":"durango-runner-reported-missing-in-la-plata-canyon-still-not-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-runner-reported-missing-in-la-plata-canyon-still-not-found\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango runner reported missing in La Plata Canyon still not found"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=c1e858f0-e1a7-4538-aa9b-3bf6c4454458&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"840\" alt=\"A Canadian-based company will explore La Plata Canyon for its mining potential.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">A Canadian-based company will explore La Plata Canyon for its mining potential.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Metallic Minerals<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>For the third day Tuesday, La Plata County Search and Rescue looked for a 29-year-old Durango man who went missing Sunday while on a run in La Plata Canyon.<\/p>\n<p>Family members notified central dispatch of David Lunde\u2019s disappearance about 7:50 a.m. Sunday. He remained missing as of Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>La Plata County, Montezuma County and Colorado search and rescue agencies searched the canyon using all-terrain vehicles and air support Sunday and were continuing their efforts Monday and Tuesday. The team was searching a Strava GPS route Lunde was taking called the \u201cLa Plata Enchilada,\u201d said Sgt. Steve Reiter, with the La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>La Plata County spokesman Ted Holteen said the \u201cLa Plata Enchilada\u201d is an ultra running route that covers a loop between 20 and 40 miles long with trails that navigate around Madden, Gibbs and Parrott peaks.<\/p>\n<p>He said it has been tough to track Lunde\u2019s location because of the various routes the loop presents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t know his last reported area. There\u2019s as many unknowns as there are known,\u201d Holteen said.<\/p>\n<p>Search and rescue teams found Lunde\u2019s vehicle parked near the trailhead to Madden Peak which is where the search and rescue teams began their search.<\/p>\n<p>Holteen said weather most likely played a factor in Lunde\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe ran up into the mountains in a rainstorm that probably could have been half snow at times,\u201d Holteen said.<\/p>\n<p>Holteen said the search and rescue teams should complete their search by the end of the day Tuesday, however no timeline was given for the remainder of the rescue mission.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-e2633b6a1851a65304a904c2d5e8230f\"><a href=\"mailto:tbrown@durangoherald.com\">tbrown@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>use all-terrain vehicles and air support to navigate trail loop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,475,1807,1901,1914],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-38062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-la-plata-county-search-and-rescue","tag-la-plata-county-sheriff","tag-running"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83898,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38062\/revisions\/83898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38062"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=38062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}