The National Park Service (NPS) has announced it is actively looking for a missing hiker in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. Patrick Trier is 71 years old, and he was last seen in Salina, Utah, on Saturday, August 16. NPS law enforcement located his vehicle at the Horseshoe Canyon trailhead on Sunday.
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“Trier may have been camping in Goblin Valley State Park or near Moab, Utah, before arriving at the Horseshoe Canyon trailhead of Canyonlands National Park on August 17,” the NPS press release reads. “Trier has long brown hair, a mustache, and has an atrophied right arm. He is approximately six feet tall and has a medium build. He was most likely wearing jeans and a blue hat and carrying a small black and gray backpack.”
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NPS notes that the Horseshoe Canyon hike is a strenuous one, and temperatures have been in the high 90s during the day.
If you have any information about this missing hiker in Canyonlands, please contact the NPS Tip Line at 888-653-0009, or online at go.nps.gov/SubmitATip.
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