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Missing Hiker Reported At Big Bend National Park

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By Compiled From N... - November 16th, 2023

A search was underway for a missing hiker at Big Bend National Park/HO

A search was underway Thursday at Big Bend National Park in Texas for a hiker reported missing after she failed to return home from a trip to the park.

Christy Perry, 25, was described as 5-foot-2 and about 100 pounds, with brown hair and a fair complexion. 

According to park staff, Perry picked up a rental car in Midland, Texas, and arrived in Big Bend on November 9. She did not show up for her camping reservation that evening at the Chisos Basin Campground. Perry's vehicle was located at the trailhead for the Lost Mine Trail. 

A hasty team of park rangers and U.S. Border Patrol Agents searched the trail on Wednesday, while the park pilot surveyed from above. On Thursday search teams were out in the field on the ground, and helicopters from the Texas Department of Public Safety and U.S. Border Patrol along with a Park Service airplane were searching from above.

The Lost Mine Trail was closed until further notice to allow searchers room to work efficiently and quickly. The Lost Mine Trail (4.8 miles round trip) is a very popular Big Bend hiking trail. It climbs steeply through the woodlands of the Chisos Mountains and offers magnificent views of the rugged mountains and deserts of Big Bend and Mexico. 

If you were in the area of the Lost Mine Trail on November 8th or 9th and saw Perry you're asked to call the TipLine at 888-653-0009, or email [email protected] 

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