Body discovered at Zion National Park in Utah
A body was found at Zion National Park on Friday afternoon, officials said.
In a statement, park rangers said they located a male body while searching for an “overdue male hiker” from Thursday. The body was located below the Angels Landing hiking route.
The body was later identified as that of a 42-year-old Utah man.
Recent park deaths (partial list)
2019: A Maine woman died in a high-elevation fall in November.
2018: The body of a 13-year-old girl was found in Zion’s Refrigerator Canyon in February.
2016: A climber fell to his death while climbing a popular route in March.
2015: A 50-year-old Utah man died in a canyoneering accident in October. A month earlier, six people died during a flash flood inside a narrow canyon. In July, Brian Artmann, 24, of Henderson, fell to his death while climbing Heaps Canyon.
2014: A BASE jumper died in the park in March. A month earlier, a Utah woman died when her parachute failed to open after she leapt from a peak overlooking the park.
2010: In July, Corey Buxton, a 17-year-old senior at Centennial High School, was found in a ravine. Months earlier, two “Las Vegas area hikers” died during an expedition inside the park.