A Missoula man died over the weekend after attempting a parachute jump from Glacier National Park’s Mount Siyeh. 

The body of Beau Weiher, 22, was recovered Sunday night.

“We believe it is 1,500 to approximately 2,000 feet that he fell,” said Denise Germann, the park’s public affairs officer.

Park dispatch was notified by Weiher’s family at about 8 p.m. Saturday night that he was overdue from a solo day hike in the Many Glacier area.

A ground and aerial search was launched Sunday morning. Weiher’s family and friends said his intended route was probably a challenging hike in the Piegan Pass and Mount Siyeh areas, and that Weiher may have intended to attempt a BASE jump.

Rangers found tracks in the snow below the 10,014-foot summit of Mount Siyeh. At about 6 p.m. Sunday, personnel on board the Two Bear Air helicopter spotted what they believed to be a parachute on the north side of Mount Siyeh below the summit.

Weiher’s body was soon after spotted and later was transported to the Many Glacier area aboard the Two Bear helicopter. The Glacier County Sheriff’s Office confirmed the death and identity of Weiher.

An initial investigation indicates Weiher attempted to jump off Mount Siyeh’s precipitous north face. 

The north face rises more than 4,000 feet above Cracker Lake, with the top 3,500 feet being nearly vertical. Several climbing websites refer to the north face as the highest cliff in the lower 48 states.

Mount Siyeh is the fifth-tallest peak in Glacier Park.

In BASE jumping, skydivers jump from fixed objects and use a parachute to break their fall.

BASE jumping is prohibited in most national parks, including Glacier.

Cooperating agencies in the incident included Two Bear Air, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office and Glacier County Sheriff’s Office.

This is not the first incident of a BASE jumper leaping from Mount Siyeh. A jumper in 1997 only made it 300 feet down before his parachute got hung up on rocks.

Park ranger Charlie Logan flew up to the site by helicopter with several other rangers and then rappelled down to the jumper and rescued him.

“We were home for dinner by 8:15 p.m.,” Logan recalled. “That guy was really lucky.”