A 22-year-old Yellowstone National Park employee was last heard from when he called friends and family from the summit of a mountain in the park. He described encountering bad weather while on the peak that evening. Then he vanished, rangers say.

Concession worker Austin King has been missing since Sept. 17, after embarking on a backpacking trip to summit Eagle Peak

Search teams are looking for Austin King, a 22-year-old concession worker at Yellowstone National Park who went missing on a backcountry trip.

Park rangers are searching Yellowstone National Park for a 22-year-old concession worker last heard from nearly a week ago.

Public’s assistance requested Yellowstone National Park requests the public’s assistance in locating Austin King, a 22-year-old male last heard from on Tuesday, Sept. 17, when he called friends and family from the summit of Eagle Peak in the park’s remote southeast corner.

The following is a news release from Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park requests the public’s assistance in locating Austin King, a 22-year-old male last heard from on Tuesday, Sept.

The 60-year-old was walking with her husband and dog near a geyser when she broke through the ground into scalding waters on Monday afternoon, according to the National Park Service.

Yellowstone National Park is asking the public for help in locating 22-year-old Austin King, who was last heard from in the park on Tuesday, Sept. 17.

Rescuers in Yellowstone National Park searched the area of Eagle Peak on Sunday in an effort to find a park concession worker who failed to check in at the end of a personal trip, authorities said.