{"id":2613166,"date":"2022-11-29T10:33:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/?p=2613166"},"modified":"2022-11-29T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T17:33:08","slug":"backpacker-dies-hypothermia-narrows-zion-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/hiking-and-backpacking\/backpacker-dies-hypothermia-narrows-zion-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"A Woman Died in Zion National Park While Hiking the Narrows"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman is dead after going on an overnight hike of the Narrows<\/a> in Zion National Park<\/a>, the National Park Service said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Park authorities found the woman on Wednesday, November 23.<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old hiker, who has not yet been identified, was attempting to complete a 16-mile trip with her husband when they became \u201cdangerously cold\u201d and developed hypothermic symptoms at night, the husband told park authorities. The duo set out on Tuesday, November 22. On Wednesday morning, about 1.5 miles from the north end of Riverside Walk, the paved trail leading to the Narrows, the husband left to find help. While he was gone, fellow park visitors encountered the woman unresponsive, and administered CPR until park search and rescue personnel arrived.<\/span><\/p>\n

Upon arrival, first responders administered emergency aid, but were unable to revive the woman. According to the NPS, more than 20 search and rescue team members were involved in the response. Although the Washington County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Utah Office of the Medical Examiner, and the NPS are still investigating the cause of death, authorities suspect she died of hypothermia. Her husband was later rescued and received treatment for hypothermia at the park\u2019s emergency operations center; information on his current condition was not available.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to AccuWeather<\/span><\/a>, Wednesday\u2019s weather ranged from a high of 55 degrees to a low of 14 degrees in Zion\u2014chillier than Zion\u2019s average November low of 37 degrees. Hypothermia occurs when a person\u2019s body temperature drops dangerously below 98 degrees Fahrenheit. Canyon streams like those in the Narrows can speed up the process of hypothermia, since immersion in water makes people lose body heat more quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hypothermia isn\u2019t the only potential danger while hiking the Narrows: In August, rising floodwaters swept 29-year-old hiker Jetal Agnihotri downstream<\/a> and away from her friends. Four days later, searchers found her body several miles away.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Park officials believe the 31-year-old succumbed to hypothermia <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124399,"featured_media":2613178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"uuid":"714927b6278f460c013545190f60ef5a","footnotes":""},"categories":[2542],"tags":[2634,2720,2867],"byline":[6793],"ad_cat":[],"legacy-category":[],"class_list":["post-2613166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hiking-and-backpacking","tag-hiking-and-backpacking","tag-syndicated","tag-zion-national-park","byline-emma-veidt"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"A Woman Died in Zion National Park While Hiking the Narrows","url":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/hiking-and-backpacking\/backpacker-dies-hypothermia-narrows-zion-national-park\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/outdoor-adventure\/hiking-and-backpacking\/backpacker-dies-hypothermia-narrows-zion-national-park\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Narrows-150x150.jpg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/cdn.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Narrows.jpg"},"articleSection":"Hiking","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"POM Administrator"}],"creator":["POM Administrator"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Online","logo":"https:\/\/www.outsideonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/favicon-194x194-1.png"},"keywords":["hiking and backpacking","syndicated","zion national park"],"dateCreated":"2022-11-29T17:33:08Z","datePublished":"2022-11-29T17:33:08Z","dateModified":"2022-11-29T17:33:08Z"},"rendered":"