Death in Zion National Park

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by Randi Minetor


  Scott, Walter

  48

  September 17, 1961

  Drowned, flash flood

  Narrows of the Virgin River

  Harrison, Dana

  11

  June 22, 1962

  Fell from a cliff

  Lady Mountain

  Hillery, Ronald

  15

  October 10, 1965

  Climbing accident

  Lodge Canyon

  Newman, Jean Helen

  37

  July 23, 1967

  Auto accident

  Utah 15 (now Utah 9)

  Newman, John W.

  46

  July 23, 1967

  Auto accident

  Utah 15 (now Utah 9)

  Casalou, Robert

  13

  March 3, 1968

  Fell at Upper Pool

  Emerald Pools trail

  Chin, Norman

  54

  September 22, 1969

  Fell

  East Rim Trail

  Michael Rose, Steven

  21

  June 6, 1972

  Motorcycle accident

  Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel

  Miller, Steven Lee

  26

  August 9, 1973

  Fell from a cliff

  Unnamed cliff

  Hoff, Harvey Frank

  29

  May 26, 1974

  Motorcycle accident

  Inside a tunnel

  Bourne, David

  20

  March 16, 1978

  Fell

  Observation Point

  Brereton, Thomas

  42

  April 13, 1979

  Fell when a rock broke

  West Temple

  Russell, John

  19

  October 16, 1983

  Fell from Middle Emerald Pool

  Emerald Pools trail

  Cooke, James F.

  35

  April 13, 1986

  Bicycle accident

  Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel

  Campbell, Glen

  23

  November 6, 1987

  Plane crash

  Northern edge of park

  Keller, Michelle

  24

  November 6, 1987

  Plane crash

  Northern edge of park

  Woolsey, Brad

  24

  November 6, 1987

  Plane crash

  Northern edge of park

  Dwyer, Jeffrey Robert

  28

  April 2, 1989

  Fell, possible suicide

  Angels Landing

  Bryant, David Faulkner

  32

  October 13, 1992

  Rappelling accident

  Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)

  Phillips, Affin William

  21

  May 13, 1993

  Fell, hiking alone

  Taylor Creek

  Ellis, Kim

  37

  July 15, 1993

  Drowned

  Kolob Creek

  Fleischer, David Gary

  28

  July 15, 1993

  Drowned

  Kolob Creek

  Dyer, Marco

  29

  July 16, 1994

  Motorcycle accident

  Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel

  Price, Larry

  35

  November 22, 1994

  Fell

  Court of the Patriarchs

  Christensen, John Michael

  36

  January 1, 1997

  Rappelling accident

  Angels Landing

  Eggertz, Tyler Jeffrey

  12

  March 28, 1997

  Fell down a waterfall

  Middle Emerald Pool

  Bottarini, Patricia

  36

  May 9, 1997

  Fell, husband acquitted of homicide

  East Rim Observation Point

  Algan, Ramsey E.

  27

  July 27, 1998

  Drowned

  Narrows of the Virgin River

  Garcia, Paul

  31

  July 27, 1998

  Drowned

  Narrows of the Virgin River

  Tuell, Shawn

  27

  August 1, 1998

  Fell off slickrock

  Hidden Canyon

  Simpson, Sasha

  20

  January 21, 1999

  Fell while rappelling

  Lodge Canyon

  Sender, Georg

  63

  August 2, 2000

  Fell

  Angels Landing

  Muñoz, Michael

  10

  May 10, 2001

  Fell, flash flood

  Canyon Overlook Trail (Pine Creek Canyon)

  Lewis, Penny

 
37

  May 16, 2001

  Fell, hiking alone

  Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)

  Tamin, Roselan

  35

  May 21, 2002

  Climbing accident

  Spaceshot

  Kaiser, Dorothy

  66

  January 19, 2003

  Fell, hiking alone; possible suicide

  Scout Lookout

  Frankewicz, Christopher

  37

  September 5, 2003

  Climbing accident

  Behunin Canyon

  Goebel, John

  23

  March 16, 2004

  Accident resulting from drunkenness

  Virgin River

  Morrow, Colin Robert

  21

  March 28, 2004

  Motorcycle accident

  Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel

  Padilla, Aaron J.

  21

  March 28, 2004

  Motorcycle accident

  Zion–Mt. Carmel Tunnel

  Jones, Kristoffer

  14

  June 25, 2004

  Fell off a cliff

  Angels Landing

  Vander Meer, Bernadette

  29

  August 22, 2006

  Hiking accident

  Angels Landing

  Biedermann, Keith

  48

  June 4, 2007

  Fell while rappelling

  Heaps Canyon

  Goldstein, Barry S.

  53

  June 8, 2007

  Hiking accident

  Angels Landing

  Ertischek, Mark

  60

  June 9, 2007

  Heart attack

  Angels Landing

  Welton, James Martin

  34

  October 17, 2008

  Climbing accident

  Touchstone

  Forster, Craig

  55

  November 28, 2008

  Fell

  Unnamed side canyon off Utah 9

  Brigham, David

  48

  February 25, 2009

  Suicide

  Canyon Overlook

  Maltez, Nancy

  55

  August 9, 2009

  Hiking accident

  Angels Landing

  Grunig, Tammy

  50

  November 27, 2009

  Hiking accident

  Angels Landing

  Chidester, Daniel

  23

  April 25, 2010

  Drowned

  Narrows of the Virgin River

  Scaffidi, Jesse

  23

  April 25, 2010

  Drowned

  Narrows of the Virgin River

  Milobedzki, Regine

  63

  April 27, 2010

  Fell, hiking alone

  Scout Lookout

  Buxton, Corey

  17

  July 22, 2010

  Hyperthermia

  Hop Valley Trail

  Hosobuchi, Yoshio

  74

  September 18, 2012

  Canyoneering accident

  Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)

  Hurd III, Lyle David

  49

  October 26, 2012

  Climbing accident

  Northeast Buttress (below Angels Landing)

  Schena, Scott

  22

  July 20, 2013

  Climbing accident

  Employee Falls

  Johnson, Karen

  51

  July 26, 2013

  Model T flipped over

  Utah 9, just outside the park

  Haas, Cheri

  47

  September 5, 2013

  Canyoneering accident

  Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)

  Bellows, Amber

  28

  February 8, 2014

  BASE jumping accident

  Mount Kinesava

  Leary, Sean

  38

  March 13, 2014

  BASE jumping accident

  Three Marys (West Temple area)

  Yoshi Vo, Douglas

  34

  September 27, 2014

  Drowned

  Narrows of the Virgin River

  Spencer, Christopher

  47

  October 19, 2014

  Climbing accident

  Iron Messiah route

  Artmann, Bryan

  24

  July 12, 2015

  Canyoneering accident

  Heaps Canyon

  Arthur, Linda

  57

  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  Arthur, Steve

  58

  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  Brum, Robin
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  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  Favela, Gary

  51

  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  MacKenzie, Mark

  56

  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  Reynolds, Muku

  59

  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  Teichner, Don

  55

  September 14, 2015

  Drowned, flash flood

  Keyhole Canyon

  Johnson, Christian Louis

  50

  October 2, 2015

  Rappelling accident

  Not Imlay Canyon

  Klimt, Eric Michael

  36

  March 9, 2016

  Climbing accident

  Moonlight Buttress

  Bibliography

  Chapter 1

  Associated Press. “Zion National Park Hiker, Douglas Yoshi Vo, Killed by Flooding at Utah Park, Authorities Say.” Weather.com, September 30, 2014. Accessed July 29, 2016. https://weather.com/travel/news/zion-national-park-flooding-hiker-dies-20140930.

  “Bodies Found in Zion Identified.” National Park Service news release, April 28, 2010. Accessed July 29, 2016. www.nps.gov/zion/learn/news/bodies-found-in-zion-identified.htm.

 

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