GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming — An Australian man was found dead in a remote part of the Tetons on Wednesday, after being missing for nearly a week.

According to a news release from Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR), at approximately 8:20 a.m. Search & Rescue located a deceased hiker on the remote trail system between Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks.

According to the Jackson Hole News & Guide, the man was identified as William Standish, 28, of Australia, who was attempting to thru-hike the Continental Divide Trail after setting out from Canada earlier this summer.

Standish was reportedly found near the Wigwams on the west slope of the Tetons.

“Evidence suggests that he may have fallen from a steep, high-altitude ridgeline that separates Grand Teton National Park and the Jedediah Smith Wilderness,” says the release.

According to information provided by officials from Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Standish was regularly updating his family in Australia via a Garmin satellite device.

On July 19, he gave an update from a location near Old Faithful and described his planned route in the Tetons: Gros Ventre Wilderness, the Wind River Range, and Divide Basin.

On July 23, Standish’s family received a Garmin check-in without coordinates or a message, as well as a video via Facebook Messenger that they believe placed him in the Tetons.

When no further communication followed, they contacted park officials on July 27.

Investigators determined that the Garmin tracking points on July 23 placed the hiker near the Wigwams and transferred the case to search and rescue, which has jurisdiction over operations outside the national parks.

On Wednesday morning, search and rescue assembled a helicopter team and flew to Standish’s last known location.

From the air, the team spotted a bright orange backpack and soon found Standish below the ridge south of North Wigwam Peak.

His body was recovered and transported to search and rescue headquarters in Jackson, Wyoming, before being transferred to the Teton County Coroner’s Office.

“TCSAR sends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased, and wishes to express its gratitude to the partnering federal agencies who assisted in the investigation,” says the release.