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Hiker dies at Utah state park after high temperatures, running out of water
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Date:2025-04-14 23:18:38
A hiker died at a Utah state park over the weekend after high temperatures and running out of water, according to local authorities.
The Hurricane City Police Department said in a release that officers responded to a report Sunday of a female hiker in distress near Quail Creek State Park on Sunday. Temperatures were around 106 degrees that day and the hiker did not have enough water, police said.
Quail Creek State Park is in Hurricane, a city in southwest Utah located about 137 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
The hiker, a 56-year-old woman, was found on the trail unresponsive. Life-saving measures were attempted, police said, but she died. The Washington County Sheriff's Office, the Hurricane Valley Fire Department and the State of Utah Department of Natural Resources assisted, police said.
Her name has not yet been publicly released due to the ongoing investigation.
High temperatures led to multiple hiker deaths this year
High temperatures in the southwest have led to multiple fatalities from hikers in both state and national parks in the last few months alone.
In Arizona, 69-year-old Scott Sims from Austin, Texas collapsed and died on a trail in Grand Canyon National Park in late June as temperatures soared to more than 90 degrees. He was attempting to reach Phantom Ranch for an overnight stay via the South Kaibab Trail when he collapsed and became semiconscious on the River Trail halfway between Silver Bridge and Black Bridge near Phantom Ranch, National Park Service said.
Earlier in July, a group of motorcyclists from Germany were struggling with heat at Death Valley National Park in California. Visitors found the group of six and took all but one man, 61-year-old Jurgen Fink, to the park's visitors center. One of the motorcyclists was taken by ambulance to a hospital, and Fink was later pronounced dead, park officials said.
July 13, 30-year-old hiker Belyruth Ordóñez was found dead and her parents, Dario and Humbelina Ordóñez, were hospitalized after they suffered from heat exhaustion while hiking through Snow Canyon State Park in Utah, about 23 miles west of Quail Creek State Park.
A father and daughter died July 12 during a hike at Canyonlands National Park in Utah, after getting lost and running out of water. Police identified the two as 52-year-old Albino Herrera Espinoza, and 23-year-old Beatriz Herrera from Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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