North Carolina hiker's death is believed to be 6th in a month at Grand Canyon National Park
A North Carolina man was found dead Wednesday in Grand Canyon National Park near a remote trail along the Colorado River after his family reported him missing the day before, officials said.
A North Carolina man was found dead Wednesday in Grand Canyon National Park near a remote trail along the Colorado River after his family reported him missing the day before, officials said.
The National Park Service, along with a search-and-rescue team, said in a news release Thursday that they found the 60-year-old man dead Wednesday morning along a route connecting Lower Tapeats Camp and Deer Creek Camp.
The man was on a solo multiday backpacking trip, the park service said.
The man was first reported missing at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, when the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center was made aware of a backpacker who was trying to hike the Thunder River Trail-Deer Creek loop and hadn’t checked in with his family since he set out, the park service said.
The National Park Service and the Coconino County, Arizona, medical examiner are investigating the death.
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