A hiker has died on the South Kaibab Trail in the Grand Canyon National Park while attempting to reach the Colorado River.

A 67-year-old Texas man died while hiking at the Grand Canyon National Park amid extreme summer temperatures, according to a news release from the National Park Service (NPS) on Wednesday, July 9.

A Texas man died while hiking in the Grand Canyon, the National Park Service said Wednesday, as the agency warned of temperatures reaching over 110 degrees. Park rangers were alerted to an unresponsive hiker on the popular South Kaibab Trail at 11:50 a.