A Provo, Utah man died while attempting to descend a climbing route within Glacier National Park, park rangers say. Emergency crews responded to a report of a fall at Mount Gould above the Highline Trail,

Astle, 42, fell at approximately 5:54 p.m. local time on Wednesday, July 9. The Glacier National Park Dispatch was immediately alerted to the scene, local NBC affiliate KSLTV 5 reports. Park rangers, along ALERT and Two Bear Air, worked to locate Astle by ground and by air, per NBC Montana.

A 42-year-old Utah man died after he fell while descending a mountainside in Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana, authorities said Friday. Brian Astle, of Provo, Utah, fell while going down an off-trail climbing route on the west face of Mount Gould.