The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office does not suspect foul play or any suspicious circumstances after a hiker found a man’s body near Sourdough Trailhead.

The hiker was walking her dogs at about 12:30 p.m. in the woods south of the main parking lot when the dogs began barking at a tent near the trail and pulling her toward it, according to a news release.

The hiker discovered a body covered in flies inside the tent, and after being unable to verbally arouse the man, the hiker returned to a location with cellphone service and called 911.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to the location near Rainbow Lakes and confirmed the man was deceased. The man, who has not been identified, is believed to be in his 40s. He had set up a small camp in the woods about 40 yards south of the main parking lot.

Investigators believe the man had been dead for several days. The Boulder County Coroner’s Office is working to identify the man and determine the cause and manner of his death. He does not match the description of any local people reported missing.

The deputy who confirmed the body also reported smoke from a new wildfire in the area, but the fire was later determined to be a single tree.

Boulder County sheriff’s Division Chief Heidi Prentup said the incidents are not connected.

Mitchell Byars: 303-473-1329, byarsm@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/mitchellbyars.