COLORADO, USA — Janice Tice's son has been missing in Rocky Mountain National Park for more than 200 days.
Micah Tice, a 20-year-old U.S. Air Force Academy cadet candidate, was last seen by park visitors in the Battle Mountain area the morning of Nov. 24. When he didn’t return to the academy that night, Air Force Academy officials in Colorado Springs alerted park leadership. Tice’s car was found at the Longs Peak Trailhead.
The Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team began searching the area for Tice, but a severe winter storm blew in the following day, hampering search efforts. Before the search for Tice was suspended Dec. 4, search crews faced severe winter conditions, including chest-deep snow, high winds and bitter cold temperatures.
“They gave Ryan Albert 28 days,” Janice Tice said. “They gave our son six days.”
Albert, whose body was recently found by patrolling rangers near the Longs Peak Keyhole Route, went missing in the park nearly two months earlier, on Oct. 4 while attempting to summit Longs Peak. The search for Albert was officially suspended due to severe weather Nov. 2. He was found 238 days after he was last seen.
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