7 hikers died in zion national park flash flood update#
This is a developing story and we’ll continue to update this page as we learn more. Niekamp said if you plan to hike it is always a good idea to do research on the trails where you’re headed and know the forecast. There’s no way to get to higher ground generally, in many of those areas in the gulches. “It’s almost a straight rock wall, straight up. He said the Buckskin Gulch is one of the longest, continuous slot canyons in the world. It’s almost like monsoon weather here in northern Arizona and southern Utah,” he said. “The last week the weather has been very unpredictable.
He is currently hiking the Arizona trail. Niekamp has decades of long-distance hiking experience and runs Dayton Hikers. Our condolences go out to the York and Walter families,” the spokesperson said.Ī power and danger experienced hikers like Any Niekamp are weary of. “We have witnessed the relentless power and danger of flash flooding in Kane County’s slot canyons. York was carried about 10 miles downstream by the flood waters while Walter was found about eight miles away, the spokesperson said.
“This is the same canyon where two other men from Florida were killed by flooding in March of this year.” > United Airlines to start new nonstop flights from Dayton International Airport this summer This is our hike through the Narrows at Zion National Park and encountering a storm that caused the Narrows to be closed due to flash flood danger.
“Further investigation shows flash flooding in the Buckskin during the time when the two men would have been hiking and it is believed they were caught by surprise and swept away by the rushing wall of water,” the sheriff’s office spokesperson said in the media release.
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