Crime & Safety
Search Underway For Missing Hiker Near South Lake Tahoe
Officials ask anyone who may have been hiking in the area and had contact with Coughran to call the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
May 27, 2026
The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help as search crews continue looking for an overdue hiker in the Desolation Wilderness area on the south end of Lake Tahoe.
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Authorities identified the missing man as Jason Coughran, a 60-year-old hiker who they said was last heard from around 4 p.m. on May 25.
According to the sheriff's office, Coughran was hiking into the Desolation Wilderness from Fallen Leaf Lake, a smaller lake near the southern shore of Lake Tahoe, before he was reported overdue.
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