(Springdale, UT) — A 71-year-old man missing for several days at Zion National Park has been found. John Burg was last seen on Tuesday at a hotel in Kanab and was thought to be hiking the Canyon Overlook Trail. Park officials say Burg was able to call 911 on Friday, […]
On June 29, authorities in Garfield County made a call to the Department of Public Safety for assistance in rescuing two individuals who were stuck due to a flash flood. The two individuals were hiking in a slot canyon in the Escalante area when there was a flash flood. They […]
On June 1, Garfield County received a call regarding a 21 year old male who has been hiking from Mexico, over eight hundred miles, and was on the Hayduke Trail of BLM Grand Staircase when he fell off a cliff. He fell approximately 60 feet landing on his face and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Search and rescue calls are on the rise this spring along the Wasatch Front. KUER reports Salt Lake County Search and Rescue received about double the amount of calls in May that they did last year, a pattern exemplified when a hiker and a climber […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Utah have found the body of a hiker reported missing in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The Unified Police Department says 31-year-old Brent Rane of Salt Lake City was hiking down the Mount Superior trail in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest when he apparently slipped, fell […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of two men reported missing after going jet skiing on Utah Lake have been found. Searchers found the body of one man Sunday morning and found the second man soon after. The men are brothers believed to be in their 30s. […]
Early in the morning of Apr. 26, Kane County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call about a hiker that had fallen and hit his head. Jeffrey Bowden, age 55 from Cedar City, was hiking with a friend in an area known as Fat Man’s Misery located east of Zion National […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in Utah say two hikers have been rescued by county search teams and a state helicopter after they became stranded on an icy cliff near Ogden. The Standard-Examiner reported Wednesday that Weber County sheriff’s office search and rescue said Tuesday on social media that the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Zion National Park officials say a search last fall for a California woman who went missing for two weeks in the Utah park before being found alive cost about $60,000. The cost estimate was provided by park officials who also released investigative reports that reveal […]
SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have identified the body of a 43-year-old man who is believed to have fallen from a towering rock formation in Zion National Park. The body of Jason Hartwell, 43, was found Friday at the base of Angels Landing. It showed signs of injuries consistent with […]
