Dead hiker found on Mount Charleston
Upper Lee Meadows on Mount Charleston northwest of Las Vegas (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Falling snow drops off a tree branch at Lee Canyon on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, on Mount Charleston. (L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Updated January 9, 2023 - 5:52 pm
Las Vegas police found a dead hiker on Mount Charleston Monday afternoon, according to police.
Police said they received a call at 12:23 p.m. about an injured hiker. But when the search and rescue team arrived, they found a body.
Police have not yet retrieved the hiker’s body from the side of the mountain, according to police.
No further details were released as of Monday evening.
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