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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A hiker is missing in southern Utah's Zion National Park.
55 year-old Tom Gerhardt of Chesapeake, Virginia, is spending his third night in the park's backcountry -- for what was supposed to be a day hike.
Gerhardt left his car Saturday for a hike of The Subway -- a narrow chasm in the park's Kolob Terrace section.
Early on, other hikers say they saw Gerhardt entering a canyon leading to The Subway.
That was the only sighting of him.
The Park Service sent out a dog and helicopter today but didn't find the hiker.
Rangers did find a blue wind-breaker, but it wasn't certain if the jacket was Gerhardt's.
The other hikers say he was wearing shorts, a white thermal shirt, hat and fanny pack, and using a pair of hiking sticks.
Nighttime temperatures are dipping into the 40s at Zion National Park.
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