Rangers search for missing man who was last seen kayaking at Grand Teton National Park 

MOOSE, Wyo. — Rangers astatine a nationalist parkland are searching for a missing 43-year-old man who was past seen kayaking. 

Wesley Dopkins of St. Paul, Minnesota, was seen connected Saturday successful nan mid-afternoon kayaking pinch a friend astatine Grand Teton National Park. 

The 2 near Colter Bay pinch an intended destination to Waterfalls Canyon connected nan westbound statement of Jackson Lake. 

After losing show of Dopkins astir 2 p.m., his friend tried to return to Colter Bay but was incapable to owed to precocious winds. Instead, he landed astatine Leeks Marina, wherever he reported nan situation, a news merchandise from nan nationalist parkland said. 

Grand Teton National Park rangers person searched by boat, and Teton County Search and Rescue has utilized a helicopter. Search dogs person besides looked passim nan area. 

Rescuers person recovered his kayak, paddle and barren container floating disconnected of Moose Island.

Dopkins was wearing a reddish shot headdress pinch nan NASA Kennedy Space Center logo, a bluish T-shirt and achromatic shorts. He was not wearing a individual floatation device.

He has brownish hairsbreadth and bluish eyes. He is 190 pounds and 5’11”. 

If you person immoderate accusation aliases spot Dopkins, you are asked to interaction nan Grand Teton National Park extremity statement astatine 1-888-653-0009 aliases telephone nan Teton Interagency Dispatch Center astatine (307) 739-3301.