Rescuers have recovered the body of a missing hiker from the rugged Montana mountains nearly two months after she set out on a solo trip and never returned, officials said Sunday. Tatum Morell, 23, was discovered on Saturday after climbers found her body in a gully below Whitetail Peak, Red Lodge Fire Rescue said. Rescuers believe Morell was climbing the 12,500-foot-tall Whitetail Peak when she was caught in a rock slide and suffered fatal injuries. However, crews continued a scaled-back search for Morell using trained rescuers and search dog teams. "Tate was a fiercely independent, adventurous soul who loved the mountains," her family said in a statement on July 10.

Source: Fox News August 23, 2021 15:56 UTC