Body Of Hiker Found On Longs Peak

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Colo. (CBS4) - A hiker planning to summit Longs Peak failed to return Friday night. Rangers of Rocky Mountain National Park were notified around 10:30 p.m. that Spencer Veysey, 26, of Missoula, Montana was overdue.

He failed to return Saturday morning, and a search ensued. Officials combed the area around Chasm Lake as well as the Keyhole Route, and ran into icy conditions.

Rangers located Veysey's body late Saturday afternoon at the bottom of Lambs Slide, on the east face of Longs Peak. They stayed at the Chasm Shelter overnight.

The body was flown from the scene Sunday at approximately 11:30 a.m. and taken to the Boulder County Coroner. Rangers hiked out to the Longs Peak Trailhead.

This is the first fatality on Longs Peak since November 2014.