A 21 year-old woman from Salt Lake City is dead after a climbing accident at the Morning Glory Arch Saturday afternoon. The Grand County Sheriff's Office has since released the name of the victim.
According to a press release from the Grand County Sheriff's Office Facebook page, dispatchers received the call around 1:45 p.m.
Deputies, along with members of Grand County Search and Rescue, Grand County EMS, as well as ranges with both the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, arrived at the area and found 21 year-old Emmalynn Thair Herbstritt, a canyoneering guide from Salt Lake City.
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