Hikers face urgent Grand Canyon heat warning after teens death on popular trail

An 18-year-old hiker’s death on one of the Grand Canyon’s best-known trails is underscoring a frequent summer danger: Extreme heat can overwhelm even some of the healthiest hikers.The hiker, whose name has not yet been released, was on a day hike from the South Rim to the Colorado River and back via the Bright Angel Trail when he began experiencing "heat-related symptoms" below Havasupai Gardens on June 3, the National Park Service (NPS) said.Grand Canyon National Park rangers found the hiker about 30 feet below the trail in a remote area near Garden Creek.Despite "rapid response efforts," lifesaving measures were unsuccessful, according to the park.NATIONAL PARK DEATH EXPOSES REPEATED RULE VIOLATIONS AS TOURISTS TAKE DANGEROUS RISKS"Heat stroke sets in when heat builds up faster than the body can shed it and the core temperature climbs past a critical and individual threshold," Dr.

Jeremy Joslin, a clinical associate professor of emergency medicine at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University, told Fox News Digital."The brain begins to be injured, producing confusion, disorientation, loss of coordination, collapse and loss of consciousness," said Joslin, who is also an emergency physician (he did not treat the hiker and was not involved in the case). The recent death of a teen hiker (not pictured) on a popular Grand Canyon trail is reigniting a conversation about the dangers of hiking in extreme heat.(iStock)Temperatures at the time of the young hiker's death were around 109°F in Grand Canyon National Park, as FOX Weather reported.Grand Canyon’s rim-to-river routes can be deceptive because the steepest physical test comes on the way out, after hikers have descended into hotter terrain, experts say.2 MYSTERY DEATHS AT ZION NATIONAL PARK PROMPT URGENT QUESTIONS ABOUT VISITOR SAFETYBright Angel Trail is one of the park's most recognizable routes.

It drops 4,460 feet over 7.8 miles from the South Rim to the Colorado River, according to the N...