GREAT FALLS — Rescuers have recovered the body of missing hiker Tatum Morell. She was found by climbers on Saturday, August 21, below the Whitetail couloir, according to a news release from Red Lodge Fire Rescue.

What happened to Tatum Morrell?

Tate Morrell, seen on an earlier trip into the backcountry, died in early July in the mountains outside of Red Lodge, Montana. ... Authorities believe the 23-year-old Morrell was climbing Whitetail Peak when she was caught in a “significant” rock slide and suffered fatal injuries, potentially on July 2.

Where is Tatum Morrell from?

Morell was from Idaho and was a recent graduate of Montana State University. She had been missing since July 1 and she contacted family from a campsite before a planned hike to several peaks in the area of the West Fork of Rock Creek.