GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. A Minnesota man disappeared Saturday while kayaking in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, officials said.
According to park officials, the 43-year-old St. Paul man was kayaking on Jackson Lake with a friend. They left Colter Bay around noon, heading to Waterfalls Canyon on the west shore. The friend lost sight of the man around 2pm and landed at Leeks Marina to report the man missing.
Park rangers searched with boats and a helicopter. They found the missing man’s kayak, paddle and bag floating near Moose Island on Saturday around 8 p.m. The search resumed on Sunday.
The man was last seen wearing a red NASA baseball cap, a blue T-shirt and black shorts, park officials said.
Anyone who sees him is asked to call the Teton Interagency Dispatch Center at 307-739-3301.
Just over two weeks ago, authorities recovered the bodies of two canoeists who went missing in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
