BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) - Authorities say temperatures hit an estimated 115 degrees in a Colorado River canyon where a Scout group took a fateful hike last weekend.
Lake Mead park rangers say 69-year-old Scout leader Clawson Bowman Jr. of Las Vegas was found dead around 3:30 p.m. Saturday about a mile from the trailhead.
Four other Boy Scouts were rescued from the White Rock Canyon area in Arizona after calling for help.
Park rangers told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the group had started early and reached their destination at the Arizona Hot Springs by 9 a.m.
But the heat rose quickly, and the group became disoriented as they tried to make their way back.
Scout officials say the troop is affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[[In-content Ad]]
