BIG HORN COUNTY, Wyo. (FOX 9) - The body of the missing Minnesota hiker was found in Wyoming on Wednesday.

Grant Gardner's body found

What we know:

According to the Big Horn County Sheriff's Office in Wyoming, in the late afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 26, a group of climbers were in the Cloud Peak Wilderness preparing to summit Woolsey Peak, when they spotted a slight reflection from their high-altitude camp.

The climbers believed what they saw was a backpack a few hundred feet above them underneath a ledge, and they notified the sheriff's office.

On Wednesday, authorities responded to the camp and began to search the area.

The body of Minnesota hiker Grant Gardner was eventually found near the backpack, authorities said. Law enforcement described the recovery process of Gardner's b

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