All articles tagged with #missing hiker
Two kayakers found 70-year-old Craig Berg on Isle Royale after more than a week lost on a solo hike; a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk airlifted him to a Marquette hospital in good condition. Berg had been wandering for 11 days after getting lost near Intermediate Lake, far from established trails, as search crews—ground teams, dogs, boats, drones, and aircraft from multiple agencies—scoured dense forests, wetlands and inland lakes.
A 70-year-old Michigan man, Craig Berg, disappeared Sept. 5 during a solo hike on Isle Royale National Park and was found alive a week later by fellow hikers; a Coast Guard helicopter hoisted him to safety after he was suffering from hypothermia, as a multi-agency search effort involving the MSP, park service and other agencies unfolded across the remote island.
Two hikers are dead and a third person is missing after a Grand Canyon flash flood. The deceased are Dr. John Giusti, 46, and Brent Rosenkranz, 42, of Granbury, Texas; Timothy Allen Smith, 53, remains missing. Rescue teams using dogs, boats, helicopters, and drones continue searching as closures and water restrictions are imposed after extensive damage to trails, bridges, and the park’s water system, with monsoon storms and El Niño contributing to the dangerous conditions.
An 18-year-old hiker, Lily Hooper, went missing during a solo hike in Nattai National Park, New South Wales. After an eight-day search, her body was found; police apologized for a miscommunication that she had been found alive, which led her family to celebrate. A coroner will investigate the death and how the miscommunication occurred.
Weston Higginbotham, the Alabama hiker who went missing in Japan, was found deceased by a volunteer search-and-rescue team in the mountains near Kyoto. His family posted a heartfelt statement of gratitude for the support received, and Hoover officials along with U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville offered condolences as the community processes the loss.
Wang Zyuan, a 33-year-old Chinese man who vanished while hiking Mt. Liamuiga during a port call in St. Kitts on May 27, 2026, was found dead on June 1 after an intensive multi-day search by Caribbean authorities and volunteers. Investigators are examining the circumstances; cruise-ship details remain unconfirmed, though Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas docked in Basseterre that day. This incident follows other hiking-related cruise fatalities.
A missing hiker was found dead along the Mt. Brown Trail in Glacier National Park, with injuries consistent with a bear encounter, potentially marking the park’s first fatal bear-related death since 1998. The area is closed during the investigation, and authorities have withheld the hiker’s identity pending family notification as searchers had been looking for the climber after a Sunday message; the park hosts about 1,000 bears including grizzlies.
Tasmania police say remains found near Philosopher Falls are provisionally identified as those of Belgian tourist Celine Cremer, who disappeared after last being seen near Cradle Mountain in June 2023. A private search resumed in 2025 uncovered her phone, bones, clothing and a Honda car key near Arthur River, leading investigators to a provisional match; the coroner will officially identify the remains and provide closure for her family.
A young man who went missing after a bear attack while hiking on Mount Rausu in Hokkaido has been found dead, with evidence including bloodstained clothing discovered by rescue teams.
A 64-year-old woman was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and local search teams after being missing for nearly two days in Oregon's Shore Acres State Park. She was found suffering from hypothermia and dehydration after her calls for help were heard by search crews. The rescue was complicated by challenging weather and the woman's sheltering under a log, which made her undetectable by thermal imaging. She was airlifted to a hospital for treatment.
The search for 61-year-old hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, missing in Mount Hood National Forest, has been called off after four days due to adverse weather conditions and low chances of survivability, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.
The body of experienced hiker Caroline Meister was found at the base of a waterfall in the Ventana Wilderness in California, four days after she went missing during a day hike. Search and rescue teams located her body, and there were no signs of foul play. Meister had left the Tassajara Mountain Zen Center for a day hike but was not prepared for an overnight stay.
The body of 22-year-old Lefei Huang, who went missing while hiking in the Mount Baldy area of the San Gabriel Mountains during heavy snowstorms, was recovered after a member of the public flying a drone spotted her body. Search operations were hindered by the severe weather conditions, and law enforcement agencies used the incident to warn the public against hiking alone in bad weather. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department urged people to refrain from mountain activities during the inclement weather, emphasizing the serious risks posed by the current conditions.
A 22-year-old woman, Lifei "Ada" Huang, who went missing while hiking on Mt. Baldy during a powerful storm, has been found dead after a week-long search. Her body was located by a drone operator and later retrieved by Sheriff's Air Rescue 360. Authorities advise against mountain activities during inclement weather due to unsafe conditions and stretched resources, urging hikers to exercise caution.
The body of 22-year-old hiker Lifei Huang, who went missing on Mt. Baldy on Feb. 4, 2024, was recovered by a sheriff’s department air rescue aircraft on Sunday morning after a citizen spotted her location from a drone. Despite search and rescue efforts, crews were unable to reach her due to unsafe conditions. The cause of her death has not been released.