A person was found dead Monday on Katahdin, according to the Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
Lindsey Chasteen, a spokesperson for the medical examiner’s office, confirmed Friday that the body had been recovered and taken to the office in Augusta for identification and an autopsy.
The death was first reported by the Bangor Daily News.
Baxter State Park Director Kevin Adam did not immediately respond to a request for more information Friday.
Maine’s highest peak often presents dangers to hikers, with challenging terrain and fast-changing weather contributing to more than 60 reported deaths since officials began collecting such data in 1933.
Two hikers from New York — a father and daughter — died while hiking Katahdin in June 2025. Officials said Tim Keiderling, 58, died of complications of hypothermia, while his daughter Esther, 28, died from blunt force trauma, likely after slipping on icy terrain and falling onto boulders.
This June, two rock climbers became stranded on one of the mountain’s most demanding routes during a severe thunderstorm and had to be rescued by a Maine Army National Guard helicopter crew.
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