Missoula man dies BASE jumping in Glacier Park

PARKS — A 22-year-old Missoula man has died, possibly after attempting an illegal base jump in Glacier National Park.

The National Park Service was notified at 8 p.m. Saturday that Beau Weiher was overdue from a solo day hike in the Many Glacier Area, Park officials said in a release.

Family and friends said he likely planned a hike in the Piegan (PEE’-gun) Pass and Mount Siyeh (sy-EE’) areas and may have planned a base jump.

Searchers began looking for Weiher on Sunday morning and eventually found tracks in the snow that indicated he may have been in an area below the summit of Mount Siyeh.

At about 6 p.m. searchers on a helicopter spotted what they believed to be a parachute. Weiher’s body was found at the base of Mount Siyeh at about 7 p.m. Sunday.