A Minnesota hiker who went missing earlier this month in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains has been found dead, officials say.

Big Horn County Sheriff Ken Blackburn says Grant Gardner was found in the Coud Peak Wilderness on Tuesday.

A professional climbing team from North Carolina summited Cloud Peak and descended on the northern route of the peak. While making a camp for the evening, the climbers noticed a "slight reflection a few hundred feet above them underneath a ledge," according to the sheriff's office. The team was confident it was a backpack.

The team notified law enforcement about their finding and waited for teams to arrive at daylight.

Once the SAR Team arrived, Gardner's remains were located near the backpack. He was wearing clothing that "very closely matched the terrain h

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