What lower 48 US Wilderness area has had the most people disappear in it? (design)

[Juxtaposition109]

The title pretty much says it all. I've been reading the Missing 411 books about missing people in US wilderness areas so I'm wondering which lower 48 US wilderness area has had the most people disappear in it and never be recovered?

[callmemaybe]

People seem to go missing in the southwestern corner of Oregon fairly often, like between Grants Pass and Brookings. That area is very wild and very snowy during the winter.

[jd433]

This is BY FAR the wilderness area where the most people disappear. BY FAR!! and then some.

[bentstrider]

Originally Posted by jd433

This is BY FAR the wilderness area where the most people disappear. BY FAR!! and then some.

I'll second that and throw the rural desert areas of Nevada into the mix as well.
There's people that actually get lost and then there's those who get caught up in the wrong crowd.

Either way, there's plenty of uncharted and long lost mine shafts that people either fall into or get dropped into.
Put that together with the various wild-life out there looking for food, and the search for remains becomes next to fruitless.

[ABQConvict]

Are you talking about federally designated Wilderness overseen by the NFS, or just any largely uninhabited, undeveloped area as assumed by some of the respondents in this thread? Big difference.

[Juxtaposition109]

Either one