Minnesota Man's Body Found After Going Missing While Hiking In Wyoming Nearly 1 Month Ago

CBS Minnesota

August 29, 2025

A Minnesota hiker who went missing earlier this month in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains has been found dead, officials say.

Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn says Grant Gardner was found in the Coud Peak Wilderness on Tuesday.

A professional climbing team from North Carolina summited Cloud Peak and descended on the northern route of the peak. While making a camp for the evening, the climbers noticed a "slight reflection a few hundred feet above them underneath a ledge," according to the sheriff's office. The team was confident it was a backpack.

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