A father and his adult daughter were found dead in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park on Friday after getting lost while hiking and running out of water amid triple-digit temperatures, authorities said.
According to the National Park Service (NPS), a 52-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman from Green Bay, Wisconsin, were hiking on the Sinkline Trail when San Juan County Communications received a 911 call from a person in the Island in the Sky area of the park.
Authorities say temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the father-daughter hike, and the couple became lost and ran out of water.
Moab park rangers and Bureau of Land Management personnel immediately began searching for the missing father and daughter.
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A Wisconsin father and his adult daughter got lost on a trail in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit and ran out of water. They were already dead by the time rescuers found them, authorities said. (Giovanni Mereghetti/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, File)
By the time searchers finally found the two hikers, they were already dead, according to the National Park Service.
“As temperatures remain high this summer, park visitors are encouraged to bring and drink plenty of water and avoid strenuous exercise during the heat of the midday hours,” the National Park Service said.
Temperatures in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday. (Andrew Lloyd/Loop Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, File)
The National Park Service and the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death, and further details are not yet available.
The two deaths came the same day that a third hiker was found dead in Snow Canyon State Park in Utah on Friday.
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According to the Santa Clara Ivins Public Safety Department, emergency personnel were called to Snow Canyon State Park around 3:30 p.m. for two people suffering from heat exhaustion.
A 30-year-old woman was found dead in Snow Canyon State Park in Utah on Friday. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images, Iron Man, File)
While the two were found and treated, a passerby notified emergency responders of a third person who was unconscious nearby. Rescuers found the person, identified as a 30-year-old woman, and pronounced her dead.
At least three heatstroke deaths have been reported in the national park in recent weeks.
On July 6th, a man riding a motorcycle died., The second person was hospitalized while driving through Death Valley National Park in California as temperatures soared to 128 degrees Fahrenheit.
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On July 7, a 50-year-old hiker from Texas died while attempting to reach the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Less than two weeks later, a 69-year-old hiker from Texas collapsed and later died while hiking in extreme heat in Grand Canyon National Park.
