A search and rescue team at Masterton's Hood Aerodrome prepares to board an Air Force helicopter which will transport them up into the Tararua Ranges to search for a missing tramper. Searchers were using a break in the weather to launch a massive effort to find a tramper still missing in the Tararua Ranges. READ MORE:* Man missing for two nights in Tararua ranges* Injured and disoriented tramper found after several days in the elements* Three new bike trails proposed for Tararua Ranges* Tararua hiker, 74, found alive after rough day and night in the bush* Four trampers feared missing in Tararua Ranges found safe"You'd expect he would have made contact so at this stage we do have severe concerns for him." The tramper had been planning to make the Northern Crossing of the Tararua Ranges from near Levin to Mt Holdsworth Rd end near Carterton. PIERS FULLER/STUFF More than half-a-metre of snow has been dumped on the Tararua Ranges in the last two days making searching on the ground hazardous for search teams.

Source: Stuff June 02, 2019 23:54 UTC