Ann Houghton, a 73-year-old hiker, was found dead in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after going missing over the weekend.

An avid hiker and “dedicated” volunteer at Great Smoky Mountains National Park for more than two decades was found dead on the North Carolina side of the range nearly a week after going missing. Ann Houghton,

Ann Houghton, a hiker who went missing, was found dead on February 2 at around 1:53 p.m. Her remains were found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about a quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail,

A hiker found dead Feb. 2 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park had been a longtime volunteer, according to park officials.

A 73-year-old woman overdue from a hike was the subject of a search at Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Sunday.

A North Carolina woman has been found dead after going missing inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park, officials say. Ann Houghton, 73, was discovered just before 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, “roughly a quarter mile off of Enloe Creek Trail,” the National Park Service said in a news release. A cause of death has not been released.

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- Two hikers recently have been found dead in national parks in Tennessee and Utah. On Sunday, the body of Cesar Herrera-Ruiz, a 37-year-old Canadian national, was found at Zion National Park in Utah, and Ann Houghton, age 73, was found deceased in Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, authorities said.

The body of a 73-year-old missing hiker was found in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, according to officials.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WDEF) — The Great Smokey National Park launched a search operation for missing hiker Ann Houghton. Houghton volunteered with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for over twenty years. She was reported missing on February 1.