Body recovered after 2 ice climbers die in Yellowstone National Park; search suspended

Body recovered after 2 climbers die in Yellowstone

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — The body of a Montana man was recovered Tuesday after two people died while trying to climb a frozen waterfall below the rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, officials said.

Deteriorating weather delayed the effort to recover the second body until Friday, Yellowstone spokesman Al Nash said.

The park was withholding the names of the men until their families could be notified. Park officials said both were in their late 20s and believed to have been residents of Bozeman.

Rescuers found the climbers’ bodies Monday on a rock ledge about 300 feet below the canyon rim. Park officials said it appeared an ice column collapsed during their ascent.