Family searching for a 19-year-old Winkler man are not giving up hope. The family told CTV they found the young man's car, unlocked in the park where it's believed he went missing.

Travis Sukkau went on a hike in Pembina Valley Provincial ParkThursday morning. No one has seen him since.

About 30 family members and volunteers continue their effortsin the parklooking for any sign of where he may have gone.

The family says he left his home in Winkler with a backpack and firewood, but didn't take his cell phone. Sukkau didn't tell anyone where he was going.

Family says he's never disappeared before. They say STARS helicopter is helping in the search.

Thermal imaging has been used and police dogs are out sniffing for the young man.

RCMP ask anyone with information about Sukkau to contact police.