Missing hiker found dead between 2 national parks after family receives strange Garmin satellite alert
Evidence suggests that the man may have fallen from a steep, high-altitude ridge line that separates Grand Teton National Park and Jedediah Smith Wilderness.
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WYOMING — A man hiking between two popular national parks in the West was found dead nearly a week after being reported missing.
Teton County Search and Rescue said a 28-year-old from Australia was found dead near an area known as Wigwams on the west slope of the Tetons in Teton County, Wyoming.
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Officials said evidence suggested that the man may have fallen from a steep, high-altitude ridge line that separates Grand Teton National Park and Jedediah Smith Wilderness.
A hiker was found dead after being reported missing for nearly a week.
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National park officials said the man had been attempting a thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail, starting in Canada. The man regularly updated his family in Australia with a Garmin satellite device.
On July 19, the man gave an update from a location near Old Faithful, and described his planned route in the Tetons, Gros Venre Wilderness, the Wind River Range and Divide Basin, officials said.
Four days later, the family received a Garmin check-in without coordinates or a message, as well as a video via Facebook Messenger that they believe placed him in the Tetons.
Grand Teton National Park is a 310,000 acre park in northwestern Wyoming bordering Idaho to its west and Yellowstone National Park to its north. This entry point is north of Jackson Wyoming on US Highway 89. (Photo by: Don and Melinda Crawford/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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When there was no communication afterward, the family contacted park officials on July 27.
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Park officials determined that the Garmin tracking points on July 23 placed the hiker near the Wigwams, and that's when the case was turned over to Teton County Search and Rescue.
On Wednesday, a search and rescue team used a helicopter and flew to the hiker's last presumed point. From the air, the team spotted a bright orange backpack and soon after, they located the man below the ridge south of North Wigman Park.
Dell, Montana - May 17, 2021: Trail marker for the Continental Divide Trail National Scenic Trail located at Bannack Pass on South Medicine Lodge Road near Dell, Montana.
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His body was recovered and transported to Teton County Search and Rescue headquarters in Jackson before being transferred to the Teton County Coroner's Office.
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The hiker's identity was not provided, and the investigation remains ongoing. No additional information was immediately available.