Austin King, 22, has been missing since he failed to return from a week-long solo excursion to summit Eagle Peak, the highest point in Yellowstone.

The search continues for a 22-year-old man in Yellowstone National Park who hasn’t been seen since last Tuesday. A news release from park officials Tuesday afternoon says air and ground crews are searching for Austin King near Eagle Peak in the park’s remote southeast corner.

Officials at Yellowstone National Park have launched an urgent appeal after one of their employees disappeared while hiking a mountain in stormy weather in a remote section of the park.

A 22-year-old Yellowstone National Park employee was last heard from when he called friends and family from the summit of a mountain in the park. He described encountering bad weather while on the peak that evening. Then he vanished, rangers say.

The search is on for Austin King, a 22-year-old concession worker at Yellowstone, who reached the top of the park's highest peak last Tuesday and

A massive search-and-rescue effort is underway for a Yellowstone National Park employee who went missing after climbing Eagle Peak ahead of inclement weather.

Austin King was last heard from Sept. 17 during a multiday backcountry trip in a remote and challenging part of the national park in Wyoming.

Austin King a concession worker at Yellowstone has been missing since Sept. 17 when he told his family and friends poor weather conditions were moving in as he called them from the Eagle Peak.