The search to find two missing skiers from San Francisco near Lake Tahoe was suspended Sunday night and is expected to begin again on Monday morning.  

The two men, who are known to be expert skiers, Patrick Frost, 35, and Christopher Gerwig, 32, were missing since Saturday afternoon when they were seen at a bar in the Alpine Meadows resort talking about some ski routes before the area was hit by a snow storm.

According to Placer Placer County sheriff's department, the two spent Saturday night outside at 16 degrees Fahrenheit and gusts of winds of 144 mph.

A ski patrol of 40 members searched on Sunday the backside of Alpine Meadows, the area that the men were heard talking about, said Placer County sheriff's Sgt. John Giovannini.

He said: "There are no good clues to predict where they went," San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Sheriff's Sgt. Allan Carter said that harsh conditions on Saturday and Sunday night made difficult the search and because of the snow which fell between 2 and 2 ½ feet the visibility was reduced to zero.

Giovannini said: "I would say if they sought shelter, and they're not wet and not caught in an avalanche zone, then their chances are good," the Associated Press informs.

Interstate 80 between Colfax and near the Nevada state line was closed by the California Highway Patrol due to the low visibility and heavy snowfall. On Sunday morning it was reopened.

Also around Lake Tahoe Highway 88 over Carson Pass was also closed due to avalanche threat.

Carter said that because of the clouds and the snow the helicopter search was suspended on Sunday afternoon.

If today the weather clears than airplanes will be deployed in the area.

The skiers were last seen around 11:30 a.m. at the Alpine Meadows resort on Saturday. They were supposed to get back in the Bay Area on Sunday but they never returned from the trip. Their car was found where they’ve parked it.

Investigators got contact with the skiers' cell phone carriers in order to try to locate them, but Carter said that their phones hadn’t been used since they were at the resort.

Giovanni said that there are “pretty good” chances that they have survived.

He said: "It's common sense: You dig a little cave and huddle in it. We've had people show up after a few days, and they're fine."