A father and his adult daughter died after getting lost in triple-digit temperatures in Utah's Canyonlands National Park, officials said.
The National Park Service said San Juan County Dispatch received a 911 text message Friday afternoon from a 23-year-old woman at the Island in the Sky district of the remote park. She and her 52-year-old father were hiking on the Syncline Trail when they became lost and ran out of water.
According to park officials, the temperature at the time was over 100 degrees.
Park rangers and Bureau of Land Management Moab District Helitack personnel started a search. They found the bodies of the father and daughter.
The two were from Green Bay, Wis. Their names were not released.
The National Park Service and the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the deaths and say no other information was available.
Park officials advised visitors to "carry and drink plenty of water and avoid strenuous activity during midday heat."
A 30-year-old woman died from the heat in a Utah state park the same day. The woman died in Snow Canyon State Park, according to the Santa Clara-Ivins Public Safety Department.
