Overview
- Family members said the man last contacted them after summiting Pic de Baborte around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday and emergency services received an alert at 10:52 p.m. the same night.
- First responders searched overnight and located the hiker’s parked vehicle at Pont de la Farga, a discovery that helped narrow the search area.
- Search efforts were reinforced early Friday with GRAE mountain-rescue specialists, a rescue helicopter and drone teams from Mitjans Aeris.
- Teams found and recovered the hiker’s body on Friday afternoon in a zone of difficult access near Pic de Baborte, and the cause of death has not been released.
- Mossos d'Esquadra have assumed judicial duties to investigate the circumstances of the death, and the operation has concluded while authorities examine next steps for the family and the scene.