ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska State Troopers say heavy snow and winds nearing 35 miles per hour are hampering the search for two teenagers missing from Pitkas (PIT'-kus) Point in western Alaska.
The teens left on a snowmobile Thursday night and were last week by a friend at 10:15 p.m.
An initial search found fresh snowmobile tracks that ended at a lead in the Andreafsky River.
Troopers say the teens may have gone into the river with their machine.
Searchers were evaluating conditions and hoping for a break in the weather to resume a search Saturday afternoon. The temperature was about 35 degrees.
Pitkas Point is a community of about 138 near the junction of the Yukon and Andreafsky Rivers. It is 5 miles northwest of St. Mary's.
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