Update: 3:22 p.m.
They were just found stuck in the snow on the 21 Road, by personnel from state Department of Fish and Wildlife.
All are fine, according to sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust.
They are working to get them unstuck, Aust said.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A group of as many as six individuals are the subject of a search outside Randle today.
Victoria House, 21, and Jason Toups went with some friends last night to play in the snow and haven’t returned home, House’s mother Bobbie Howell Dalton said this afternoon.
The sheriff’s office has set up a command post at the Randle fire hall, according to Lewis County Fire District 14 Chief Jeff Jaques.
“Some young folks went out to play in the snow last night and haven’t been seen since,” Jaques said.
Dalton said she called 911 about 10 a.m. when she realized her daughter missed a morning appointment.
All six are from Morton, Dalton said.
“My daughter’s three months pregnant and recovering from a broken ankle, so we’re kind of doubly worried about it,” she said.
Dalton said she has been told one of them texted a friend about 11:10 p.m. last night and said they were headed out the 23 Road to the Orr Creek Snow Park in the Cispus area south of Randle.
She believes they are driving in two trucks, she said.
She said she was told Lewis County Search and Rescue was out looking for them.
Lewis County sheriff’s Cmdr. Steve Aust said this afternoon a formal search had not been set up as they didn’t know for sure where the group had been headed.
Friends were out looking for them though, he said.
A deputy was headed out to Walupt Lake about 3 p.m. after learning they had been spotted there, Aust said.