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GUNNISON, Colo.—Rangers looking for an overdue backpacker at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park have found a body about 1,000 feet below the canyon’s South Rim.
The victim’s name wasn’t immediately released Tuesday. Rangers say it appears the person may have been injured in a significant fall.
Park rangers had been looking for a backpacker whose backcountry permit indicated a departure from the park Saturday. When rangers saw the backpacker’s car still at the trailhead Sunday morning, they started searching the hiker’s intended route.
Rangers found the body Tuesday.
