After nine days of intensive searching, authorities in Yellowstone National Park are scaling back their efforts to find a missing swimmer. Feiyang “Isaac” Xiang, a 21-year old seasonal concessionaire employee from China, was last seen being swept down the Yellowstone River on Thursday, July 23. The park is continuing limited, periodic searches of the river corridor downstream from where Xiang disappeared in the northern section of the park. Continue Reading →
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Man missing after river tubing in Yellowstone Park
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Officials in Yellowstone National Park are searching for a Georgia man who is missing after being swept down the Yellowstone River near Tower Junction Monday evening. The missing man was one of three concession employees who reportedly used inner tubes to float the Lamar River. Continue Reading →
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Rangers rescue injured climber after fall on Grand Teton
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Rangers in Grand Teton National Park rescued a climber who sustained life-threatening injuries Friday during a solo attempt to climb Grand Teton. Steve Markusen, 60, of Minneapolis, Minn. apparently fell during his climb up the 13,770-foot Grand Teton on Friday morning. Continue Reading →
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2 walk away from small plane crash just inside East Gate of Yellowstone
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Two men whose small plan crashed just inside Yellowstone National Park were able to walk away from the wreckage Saturday and were soon found by rescuers who had been searching for them. The single-engine Piper 180 airplane went down Friday evening southeast of the East Entrance road near Sylvan Pass. Continue Reading →
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Grand Teton workers aid hiker after heart trouble
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Several staff members from Grand Teton National Park assisted a hiker Wednesday evening after she suffered from cardiac distress on the Hermitage Point trail. Responders located and assisted a 74-year-old woman from Amsterdam, Holland who was reported to be in cardiac distress. Continue Reading →
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Grand Teton rangers rescue climber caught in Garnet Canyon rockslide
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A 54-year-old Wisconsin man sustained multiple traumatic injuries Tuesday when he was buried by falling rocks in the South Fork of Garnet Canyon in Grand Teton National Park. The rockslide occurred at 9:15 a.m., and though no other people reported injuries, park rangers swept the area to verify no one else was buried by the slide, according to a statement released by the park's public affairs office. Continue Reading →
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Grand Teton rangers aid injured paraglider, climber in separate incidents
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Rangers in Grand Teton National Park used a helicopter to transport an injured paraglider Wednesday, and were in the process Thursday afternoon of planning a flight to aid a climber injured in a separate incident. The paraglider made a forced landing in Death Canyon on Wednesday afternoon after launching from Teton Village, according to a statement released by the park's public affairs office. Continue Reading →
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Grand Teton Park rangers rescue stranded climber from Middle Teton
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Grand Teton National Park rangers on Tuesday rescued a stranded climber on Middle Teton, using a helicopter to help remove him from a sheer rock face where he had become unable to advance his climb. Eric Rohner, 27, of Olympia, Wash., began an attempted solo summit of the Middle Teton on Monday, but traveled off route and became "cliffed out," unable to safely advance or retreat without risking injury, according to a statement released by the Grand Teton public affairs office. Continue Reading →
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Grand Teton rangers rescue injured skier from Granite Canyon
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Grand Teton National Park rangers worked with rescuers from other agencies Saturday to transport an injured backcountry skier to safety. Josh Tatman, 31, of Jackson, Wyo. was skiing alone at about 1 p.m. near the top of Endless Couloir in Granite Canyon. Tatman was injured during a short fall, according to information released Sunday by the Grand Teton National Park public affairs office. Continue Reading →
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2 skiers die in backcountry avalanche in Grand Teton National Park
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Rescuers recovered the bodies Thursday of two skiers who died in a backcountry avalanche in the mountains of Grand Teton National Park. Steve Romeo and Chris Onufer, both of Jackson, Wyo. had failed to return as expected Wednesday evening from their trip to Ranger Peak, in the northern Teton Range, according to Jackie Skaggs, spokeswoman for Grand Teton National Park. Continue Reading →