A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities in Arizona say.
Grand Canyon National Park — A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park , authorities in Arizona said Thursday.The National Park Service said the 60-year-old North Carolina resident was located by helicopter Wednesday along a route connecting Lower Tapeats and Deer Creek camps. The two sites are accessible from the North Rim on a river bend about 29 miles northwest of Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim.
Also on Sunday, the body of 33-year-old Chenoa Nickerson, of Gilbert, Arizona, was found by a group of visitors on a commercial river trip, according to park officials. She had been reported missing several days earlier after being swept away in a flash flood that hit Havasu Canyon, almost 20 miles from where she was located.Earlier in August, officials said another woman was found dead about 150 feet below a section of the Grand Canyon rim called Twin Overlooks.
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