WY WY - Austin King, 22, Yellowstone National Park, Eagle Peak, 17 Sept 2024

[Lish311]

Found this website of some of the registered summits of Eagle Peak Wyoming. Probably not all, just what is reported to this website.

Ascents of Eagle Peak - Peakbagger.com

It says there was a hiker, Peter Gram, would summitted Eagle Peak on the day that SAR efforts began on September 21st. Is that possible?

I guess they are checking and contacting everyone had a back country permit and was in the area in the week that Austin went missing?

 

[ch_13]

Found this website of some of the registered summits of Eagle Peak Wyoming. Probably not all, just what is reported to this website.

Ascents of Eagle Peak - Peakbagger.com

It says there was a hiker, Peter Gram, would summitted Eagle Peak on the day that SAR efforts began on September 21st. Is that possible?

I guess they are checking and contacting everyone had a back country permit and was in the area in the week that Austin went missing?

That's a different mountain. There are two different ones in Wyoming with the same name. The one you linked to is in the SE part of the state and is 9172 feet high. (There's even a third, called Lost Eagle Peak.)

The one in Yellowstone is 11,364 feet high. Peakbaggers doesn't show any 2024 ascents for it: Ascents of Eagle Peak - Peakbagger.com

Edited to add:
Here's an excerpt from a 2013 trip report for the Yellowstone mountain from the Peakbaggers site.
We spent a short while on the cold, windy summit and then began our descent. It should be noted that it is impossible to see the exit point from the lava tube until you are virtually standing next to the hole. Some temporary flagging might be a good idea as you leave the lava tube on your way up to the summit. Not finding the lava tube on your descent would be problematical to say the least.

Ascent of Eagle Peak on 2013-08-25 - Peakbagger.com

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I've seen several different reports that note how tricky it is coming back down from the peak (all from experienced climbers), and it would be doubly so at dusk.