Body Discovered On Mount Hood Thursday Missing AZ Hiker David Yaghmourian, Say Officials

MOUNT HOOD, OR. (THECOUNT) — David Yaghmourian, of Phoenix, AZ, has been identified as the body found on Mount Hood Thursday morning. He was reported missing Monday while hiking in the area.

Yaghmourian, 30, was last seen at the eastern junction of the Timberline Trail at the Pacific Crest Trail, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said.

A climber found Yaghmourian’s body at about 8,300-foot elevation and about a half-mile east of Silcox Hut. Sgt. Sean Collinson with the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said that is about 3,000 feet higher than where the search area was. source

Yaghmourian was hiking the Timberline Trail on Monday with a friend when he became tired and stopped to rest about a mile away from the Timberline Lodge.