Search and rescue operations for for a North Delta hiker reported missing earlier this month have been called off.

Gordon Sagoo, 50, went missing while hiking in the Cheam Range of the Fraser Valley on Aug. 14.

Since then, police and Chilliwack Search and Rescue have scoured the area by air and with dogs but found no trace of the hiker.

Sagoo, an experienced hiker was on Baby Munday Peak with two other people.

On Monday, Chilliwack's Search and Rescue team recommended police call off the search.

"The management team from Chilliwack SAR reviewed all aspects of the search operation on Sunday, August 21, 2016," the search and rescue group said in a statement Monday afternoon.

No sign of Sagoo

"From that review, a report was presented to the Chilliwack RCMP recommending suspension of the search for Mr. Sagoo."

The rescue team expressed its "sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Sagoo."

In a statement, RCMP Corp. Mike Rail said, "after exhausting all initial efforts to locate the missing hiker, police have scaled back the search by standing down the SAR operation."

Baby Munday Peak is a popular summit in the Cheam Mountain Range in Chilliwack. (Roxanna Froese/Instagram)

Sagoo's neice, Manpreet Gill, thanked searchers for their efforts and said the family intends to continue a private search.

"We know he's strong, that he's capable, and we're going to get some experts to figure this out ... We're beyond confident that he has the skills that he needs to be surviving out there."

On Sunday, more than 100 people attended a news conference by Sagoo's family, who asked people to continue to look for him

"I'm not going to ever lose hope or give up searching for him because I know I will bring him home," said his daughter, Amandeep Sagoo.

The family raised more than $9,000 for the rescue efforts.

With files from The Early Edition

To hear the interview, click on the link labelled The family of missing hiker Gordon Sagoo says it will continue searching for him