I've been following this. Wait for the toxicology report. Given the location they were found, on a steep, switchbacked section of trail apparently returning to the car, this is not a gas situation. Gases either rise if they're lighter than air, dissipate with any breeze at all if they're the same density as air, or sink to a low spot, which this was not, if they are heavier than air. I think that's off the table. Whatever got them, it got them all at once and it was something all partook in ... even the dog. That seemingly means food or water.
I haven't been following this at all, but must say plenty of "low" spots exist on switchbacks and mountaintops, where gas heavier than air can settle. That gas can be from about anything....H2S, mining waste, algae blooms, etc. This is a crazy and unfortunate situation and I will full agree whatever the cause, it was something they all partook in. I do believe based on very limited news reports that some sort of gas poisoning is still a possibility.
Hopefully the toxicology report will shed some light. We will see.
Maybe.
Does not matter, if they died from gas the coroner would detect the lung damage in the autopsy. So it was not gas
Last edited by Dustyone; 08/26/21.
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