Search for man missing in Yellowstone reaches seven-day mark

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Search and rescue crews are entering their seventh time of looking for a missing 22-year-old successful Yellowstone National Park.

Austin King is 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, pinch brownish hair, hazel eyes, and glasses. At nan clip of his disappearance, he was wearing a achromatic sweatshirt and grey pants.

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Anyone walking successful nan backcountry adjacent Eagle Peak since Sept. 14 whitethorn person seen King. Call nan Yellowstone Interagency Communications Center astatine (307) 344-2643 if you spot him aliases cognize wherever he mightiness be.

Austin King | Yellowstone National Park

According to a news merchandise from Yellowstone National Park, crews proceed to look for King adjacent Eagle Peak successful Yellowstone National Park.

Eagle Peak is nan highest constituent successful nan park, astatine 11,372 feet. Teams scheme to proceed nan hunt from nan highest to astir 8,000 feet successful various drainages and ridge-tops.

Austin King missing personification accusation | Courtesy Yellowstone National Park

The merchandise says King, an worker of Xanterra Parks and Resorts, a backstage business authorized to run successful Yellowstone, was reported overdue to nan Yellowstone Interagency Communications Center erstwhile he grounded to get for his vessel pickup adjacent Yellowstone Lake’s Southeast Arm connected nan day of Sept. 20, aft his planned 7-day backcountry travel to acme Eagle Peak.

So far, hunt crews person included “96 personnel, 2 helicopters, a hunt canine team, crushed teams pinch spotting scopes, and a drone person looked for King successful this high-elevation, expansive and hazardous area.”

On Thursday, 2 helicopters, 1 belonging to Yellowstone National Park and nan different to Teton County, Wyoming, searched extensively passim nan area. Yellowstone unit followed up connected King’s cellular activity connected Eagle Peak connected nan nighttime of Sept. 17, nan nighttime King summited nan peak.

The parkland says unit are continuing to activity pinch cellular forensics experts to study much astir King’s whereabouts from this data.

Yellowstone is partnering pinch Grand Teton National Park; Park County, Wyoming; and Teton County, Wyoming, to look for King. Multiple crews will proceed searching for nan adjacent respective days arsenic conditions allow.

The parkland will supply much accusation erstwhile it is available.