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Authorities ramp up search for 3 sisters missing in Wyoming

This undated family photo released by the Teton County Sheriff’s Office shows Megan Margaret Andrews-Sharer, center, of Milwaukee; with sisters, Erin Andrews-Sharer, right, of Columbus, Ohio, and Kelsi Andrews-Sharer, of Columbus, Ohio. A search is being conducted in a northwest Wyoming wilderness area for the three sisters who failed to return Tuesday, July 7, 2015, from an extended backcountry trip. (Teton County Sheriff’s Office via AP) This undated family photo released by the Teton County Sheriff’s Office shows Megan Margaret Andrews-Sharer, center, of Milwaukee; with sisters, Erin Andrews-Sharer, right, of Columbus, Ohio, and Kelsi Andrews-Sharer, of Columbus, Ohio. A search is being conducted in a northwest Wyoming wilderness area for the three sisters who failed to return Tuesday, July 7, 2015, from an extended backcountry trip. (Teton County Sheriff’s Office via AP)

By Associated Press July 9, 2015 1 min read

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) – Officials have doubled the number of searchers combing the Wyoming wilderness for three Midwestern sisters who have been missing for days.

Search spokeswoman Lori Iverson says 60 people are searching Thursday on horseback, on foot and with help from tracking dogs. If weather allows, helicopters will ferry searchers and look for the young women from the air.

The search began Tuesday after the sisters failed to return from a backcountry trip. Their vehicle was found Wednesday at a wilderness trailhead in Bridger-Teton National Forest, about 30 miles south of the resort town of Jackson.

Authorities have identified the sisters as 25-year-old Megan Margaret Andrews-Sharer of Milwaukee; 22-year-old Erin Andrews-Sharer of Columbus, Ohio; and 16-year-old Kelsi Andrews-Sharer, also of Columbus.

Teton County Sheriff Jim Whalen says the sisters were well-prepared for the trip and have backcountry experience.