Rangers say the father and daughter died Friday after getting lost in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park and running out of water amid triple-digit temperatures.
According to the National Park Service, a 52-year-old man from Green Bay, Wisconsin, and his 23-year-old daughter were hiking on the Sinkline Trail when they got lost and ran out of water.
The temperature in Moab on Friday afternoon was 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
Like much of the western United States facing a deadly heat wave, Moab is under a heat watch.
Temperatures on Sunday are expected to reach 105 degrees.
National Park Service rangers said San Juan County dispatchers received a text message calling 911 on Friday afternoon from a person in the Island of the Sky area of Canyonlands.
Rangers and Bureau of Land Management Moab District Helitack personnel responded to the emergency call and began searching for the father and daughter.
The National Park Service said the two were already dead when they were discovered.
The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service are investigating the incident.
The tragedy is the latest fatality in a Western national park this summer.
Several hikers died in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona after they were unprepared for triple-digit temperatures.
A motorcyclist was killed in Death Valley, California, after temperatures soared to 128 degrees Fahrenheit.
National Park Service rangers advise visitors to avoid hiking in the afternoon when temperatures are highest and to bring plenty of water on hikes.
