The identity has been released of a hiker on the Blue Mountain who was found dead on Sunday.

Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek identified the man who was discovered in a wooded area near the Appalachian Trail in Lehigh Township as Raghu Kodali, 61, of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.

Lysek said Kodali’s cause and manner of death are pending.

No additional information was released at this time.

Lehigh Township Fire Commissioner Rick Hildebrand said about midnight Sunday morning, they got a call from Lehighton State Police.

“They found a vehicle attached to the person that was reported missing in the state game land parking lot in Lehigh Township,” Hildebrand said. “They called for assistance in trying to locate this male.”

Hildebrand said crews from Lehigh Township and Aquashicola fire departments responded and began searching.

He said a command post was set up at the parking lots on the Blue Mountain Resort just off Blue Mountain Drive.

Hildebrand added that drone teams were added for thermal imaging cameras from the air.

“But with poor weather at the time, however, they were able to make some quick searches of the area with no success,” he said. “The weather deteriorated, and we were no longer able to use the drones.”

Hildebrand said search and rescue teams with K9s were called in.

He said dogs with special capabilities for scent tracking and air scent were used to assist in searching.

Hildebrand said that about 3 p.m. the man was located on the Lehigh Township southern exposure of the Blue Mountain, just off the Appalachian Trail in the area of the ski area.