A Montana man died after suffering a precipitous fall while ice climbing in the Custer Gallatin National Forest over the weekend, authorities said.
Kyle Rott, 36, was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when he fell near Grotto Falls in the more than 2 million-acre forest just north of Yellowstone National Park.
A native of South Dakota, Rott was someone who “marched to the beat of his own drum and was eager to adventure and embrace his free spirit,” an obituary in KBZK said.
Rescuers responded to the scene after receiving emergency calls from a witness who saw the accident, the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team said in a statement.
Kyle Rott, 36, died Saturday after falling while ice climbing in the Custer Gallatin National Forest. Rott was climbing around Grotto Falls in the Montana forest when he fell and was seriously injured.
Five search teams were sent to locate Rott, along with two helicopters.
He was found at the remote trailhead with head injuries and flown about twenty miles north to a hospital in Bozeman.
Rott later died in hospital. The death was ruled accidental, caused by blunt force trauma from the fall, sheriff’s department coroners said.
He has spent much of his life since graduating from the University of Montana in 2005 traveling the American West and doing an eclectic variety of outdoor jobs “that allowed him to embark on adventures and live on his own terms.”
A photo of rescue crews released by the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team. Gallatin County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue
Some of those jobs included a year at a wolf sanctuary outside Missoula, assisting in the production of an ice climbing film, and guiding climbs in Yosemite and other parks.
“Kyle’s travels took him to the mountains of the western United States and Alaska. Some of his favorite climbing spots were the Black Hills in South Dakota, Devil’s Tower in Wyoming, Yosemite Valley in California, and Hyalite Canyon in Montana,” the obituary said.
“In each of these places, Kyle built a deep community of like-minded friends who quickly became part of his extended family.”
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