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Posted: 2024-07-16T21:37:11Z | Updated: 2024-07-16T21:37:11Z

Three people died and two others had to be rescued in state and national parks in Utah over the weekend due to suspected heat-related incidents.

A father, 52, and daughter, 23, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, were found dead Friday evening in Canyonlands National Park in southeast Utah after sending 911 texts for help, the San Juan County Sheriffs Office said in a release on Monday.

The pair said they had gotten lost and run out of water while hiking the 8-mile Syncline Loop Trail, which the National Parks Service describes as the most challenging in the area and the site of most park rescues.

Their bodies had to be extracted from the area the next morning via helicopter due to the remote and rugged terrain, the sheriffs office said.

Temperatures in the park on Friday reached 106 degrees Fahrenheit, according to AccuWeather.com .