Actor Julian Sands missing for almost 1 week after hike in California mountains

Julian Sands has starred in a number of major films including 'A Room with a View,' 'The Killing Fields,' 'Arachnophobia' and 'Leaving Las Vegas.'

Bristish actor Julian Sands was reported missing on Friday after he disappeared during a hike in the Southern California mountains.

Sands, 65, was hiking a trail on Mount Baldy when he went missing, according to a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, as per ABC News.

The A Room with a View actor’s family alerted police of his disappearance.

“A search crew was sent out, but because of weather conditions, they were pulled on Saturday,” County Sherriff Nathan Campos told People magazine.

Icy trail conditions and avalanche risks have made ground-level rescue missions on Mount Baldy a challenge. Campos said helicopters and drones will continue to search the area as weather permits.

Representatives for Sands have not commented publicly on his disappearance.

In a statement shared to social media, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said there have been 14 rescue missions on Mount Baldy and the surrounding area in the last four weeks. Two hikers died after falling and injuring themselves.

The authority called conditions on Mount Baldy, which is about a one-hour drive from downtown Los Angeles, “adverse and extremely dangerous.”