A Wisconsin man was found dead along a hiking trail in Grand Canyon National Park, park officials said in a statement Tuesday.
The man — a 56-year-old from Pewaukee, Wis., whose name has not been released — was found on the Bright Angel trail below Havasupai Gardens after the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of an unresponsive person around 3 p.m. on Friday.
First responders pronounced the man dead at the scene, officials said. The cause of death is not yet available.
The National Parks Service (NPS) and a medical examiner in Arizona’s Coconino County are conducting an investigation into the death.
The hiker was planning a day trip to the Colorado River and back, according to park officials’ statement.
NBC News reported that temperatures in the Grand Canyon haven’t been above the upper 40s since the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
The NPS said 5 to 7 inches of snow fell on the Wednesday before the hiker’s death and shared a photo of the snow-dusted canyon from the South Rim on its website.
