A solo backpacker has been found dead near a rugged and remote trail along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, authorities in Arizona say.

A Colorado man hiking the Grand Canyon was found dead over the weekend, officials said Monday, making him the latest person to die within the park this summer.

A 60-year-old solo hiker from North Carolina was found dead in the Grand Canyon, marking the sixth death in a month's time.

A 60-year-old backpacker died while was on a solo multi-day backpacking trip along the Thunder River Trail-Deer Creek loop at Grand Canyon National Park.

Multiple hikers have died this summer in the Grand Canyon National Park — a U.S. West landscape known not only for its rugged beauty, but also for its perilous weather extremes. Within the past week,

The unidentified hiker was on a multiday backpacking trip, officials said. The Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center, which is the dispatcher for emergency operations in the area, learned of the missing hiker Tuesday afternoon.