Month of Fatalities in Grand Canyon A 60-year-old North Carolina man was found dead Aug. 28 after failing to check in during a solo hiking trip An 80-year-old man who died on Aug. 27 after falling ...

A 67-year-old man hiking in the Grand Canyon National Park died on a trail while hiking in extreme heat, which possibly ...

Over 250 people are rescued from the canyon each year, according to the National Park Service, and nearly 200 visitors have died at the park from 2007 to March 2024, 39 of them while hiking. The ...

A man died after failing to return from a hike on Bright Angel Trail, the most popular hiking trail at Grand Canyon National Park.. James Handschy used his personal locator beacon to alert the ...

Multiple hikers have died this summer in the Grand Canyon National Park — a U.S. West landscape known not only for its rugged beauty, but also for its perilous weather extremes. Within the past ...

A Grand Canyon hiker became unresponsive and died while returning from Plateau Point. ... It’s the second hiker fatality in a week By Maddie Capron. July 20, 2021 2:09 PM.

Grand Canyon park officials say a string of recent fatalities are not out of the ordinary – 17 people die every year – and no safety changes are planned.

A 50-year-old man from Texas has died while hiking in the Grand Canyon National Park over the weekend, becoming the third hiker to have lost their life at the park in less than a month. The 50 ...

Hiker fatalities, especially along the popular trail, are not uncommon in the Arizona park. — In July 2021, a 56-year-old hiker died on the trail. — In that same month, a Louisiana man died on ...

From July 2013 to July 2023, 136 deaths were reported in the Grand Canyon. With an average of 5 million visitors per year, the natural wonder experienced a total of 10 guest fatalities in 2023 ...

Search and rescue teams discovered the body of a 60-year-old North Carolina man along a remote trail in the Grand Canyon, marking the sixth death in the park in less than a month.

Another Grand Canyon hiker became unresponsive and died on a trail this week, park officials said. He’s the second hiker to die in the past five days near the same spot. The 56-year-old man died ...