Family of Quebec hiker missing in New York state remains hopeful

The family of the 22-year-old Quebec hiker who has been missing for nearly a week after venturing into the Adirondacks hopes to find him safe and sound quickly.

“We wait for news night and day! We are all very worried, it really is a nightmare. We hope to find him safe and sound,” commented the young man’s cousin, Laurence Perey-Beaudoin.

On November 30, American authorities were notified of the disappearance of Léo Dufour around 11 p.m. New York State Police said in a statement posted on Facebook that they were investigating in the area of ​​Upper Works Road in the town of Newcomb. The agents do not know where the young man from Vaudreuil was supposed to go.

“He is passionate about hiking and he had already climbed 32 of the 46 mountains of the Adirondacks, his goal was to do them all, he had experience,” she laments.

On social networks, messages of encouragement towards the family have been flooding in for several hours, while everyone hopes to find the young man “with a big heart”.

The last time he was seen, Léo Dufour was wearing La Sportiva hiking boots, a black Arc’teryx coat, black pants, a black North Face backpack, sunglasses and a beige colored hat.

The 22-year-old man with brown hair is 1.70 m tall and weighs 68 kg. He had several pieces of equipment in his possession: a headlamp, a change of clothes, a portable oven, noodles, a cell phone and a charger.

New York State Police are asking the public to call 518-873-2778 to provide information that can help the investigation.

– With the QMI agency