Authorities are searching for a Yellowstone National Park employee who has been missing for more than a week after climbing alone to the peak.
Austin King, 22, was last heard from around 7 p.m. on September 17, 2024, when he called his family from the top of Eagle Peak, according to the National Park Service (NPS).
King was dropped off by boat on Sept. 14 and spoke with backcountry rangers near Howell Creek the following Monday.
According to the National Park Service, King had traveled overnight to Site 6D8 with plans to climb Eagle Peak on September 14, but called his family to inform them of the fog, rain, sleet, hail and high winds.
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Austin King was last heard from on September 17, 2024 at approximately 7pm. (VWPics/Universal Image Group via Getty Images)
King, a Minnesota native, worked as a Yellowstone National Park concession worker when he missed a boat pickup near the Southeast Arm of Yellowstone Lake on Friday and was reported late to the Yellowstone Interagency Communications Center.
Photo of Austin King posted by Yellowstone National Park. (Yellowstone National Park)
The search and rescue operation began Saturday morning with aerial and ground searches in the high alpine region of Eagle Peak. Rescuers located King's camp in the upper Howell Creek area Saturday evening.
The search operation includes more than 20 ground searchers, two helicopters, an unmanned aerial system and a search dog team.
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King is described as 6 feet tall, weighing 150 pounds, with tattoos and glasses. When he was last seen, he was wearing a black sweatshirt, gray pants and a “dark-colored” backpack, according to the National Park Service.
