Missing runner Robert Root, who disappeared on a Sierra trail on Sunday, has been found Tuesday, according the Placer County Sheriff’s Department.

“I know he’s talking,” said Dena Erwin, a spokeswoman for the department.

The same adverse weather conditions that hampered the search also means a helicopter cannot be used to transport him to an area hospital, Erwin said.

She said Root was found 2.5 miles from the Michigan Bluff trail head, but little other information was immediately available.

Root, 55, of Modesto, went missing during a training run Sunday after he became separated from a group of seven runners. He was last seen 9:30 a.m. Sunday.