The body of a climber who went missing last week in Glacier National Park in Montana has been found, park officials said Monday.
The remains of climber Grant Marcuccio, 32, were spotted by plane a third of a mile east of McPartland Peak on Sunday, the National Park Service said.
Marcuccio, of Whitefish, Mont., was reported missing a week earlier, on Aug. 18, after failing to show up at a meeting place, the agency said.
“The cause of death remains under investigation, but the traumatic injuries and location of the body indicate a fall,” the Park Service said in a statement.
Marcuccio had left his hiking group with the intention of reaching the summit of McPartland Peak alone, the park service said. The peak is 8,000 feet high.
Ground and air searches were carried out last week in an attempt to locate him.
His body was spotted around 2 p.m. Sunday by Two Bear Air, a rescue organization based in Whitefish, less than 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of the more than 1 million-acre national park, park officials said. It was later recovered and taken to the coroner.
“Glacier National Park staff would like to express their sincere condolences to the family and ask the public to respect their privacy,” the park service said.
