UPDATE: Remains believed to be those of hiker

Coroner Mickey Nelson and Sheriff Leo Dutton of Lewis and Clark County believe they have found the remains of Dale Brownlow in the Gates of the Mountain Wilderness.

Brownlow was a Colorado man who went missing in 2013 while hiking.

Dutton said the remains were found 7 miles north of the Hunters Gulch Trailhead on Sunday, and his department concluded its investigation Friday.

"We found evidence to indicate that" the remains were those of Brownlow, Dutton said.

Dutton said the remains will be sent to the state crime lab in Missoula.

According to a 2013 Associated Press story, Brownlow was a wildlife biologist from Denver who went missing in early December 2013. He was 52 when he went missing.

According to AP, his car had been parked since at least Dec. 1 at a trailhead in the Hunter's Gulch area leading into the Helena National Forest.