According to an Aug. 11 post on the Big Horn County Wyoming Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, significant resources have been deployed in the search for Grant Gardner, a Minnesota man who went missing while hiking in Wyoming and has not been heard from in more than two weeks.
“Since our last update, considerable resources and manpower have been deployed in the search for Grant Gardner,” Sheriff Ken Blackburn wrote in the post, adding that the effort “has been very active.”
“To illustrate what is being done to search, the following is a partial list of assets and personnel who are currently, or have been working directly on this search,” the post reads. It then goes on to describe various items, like “Drones with cameras, capable of identifying colors and minute disturbances,” “Drones, helicopters, and planes with FLIR capabilities,” “Multiple dog tracking teams,” “Horse and foot teams,” “Wyoming National Guard,” “Private pilots,” and so on.
The post on Monday, which was the most recent update on the Facebook page, described the area as “unforgiving,” and stated, “The Cloud Peak Wilderness is deceptively expansive, remote, and snow is beginning to fall at higher elevations above 10,000 feet.”
Very thorough searches of these areas were conducted. Mr. Gardner could be in several locations and routes, all of which have been thoroughly searched.
Fox News Digital contacted the sheriff’s office for comment on Thursday.
Gardner’s last contact was more than two weeks ago, on July 29, when he informed his wife that he had reached the summit of Cloud Peak, according to a sheriff’s office Facebook post from August 4.
“On August 1, 2025 the Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office received information regarding an over due hiker in the Cloud Peak Wilderness area, and immediately began a search and rescue operation,” the article stated.
“Grant Gardner of Minnesota planned a three-day hike through the Misty Moon Lake area, summiting Cloud Peak and returning to his vehicle to complete his journey. Gardner contacted his wife on the evening of July 29, 2025, to let her know he had reached the summit.
Since then, there has been no contact with Gardner,” according to the post. “A text sent to his wife at the summit indicated the climb was more taxing than he expected and he was tired.”
Gardner and his wife Lauren have two children, according to the Cowboy State Daily.
“He solo hikes, and he’s been hiking for over a decade,” she said. “He’s used to this stuff, and he’s very detail-oriented.”
A GoFundMe campaign to help the family has raised over $34,000 so far.
