(Page, AZ) - The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Rangers responded to a report received Saturday about 11:25am of a man falling from a cliff at the Horseshoe Bend Overlook. Rangers found the body of a 20-year old male Greek national tourist at the base of the cliff near the Colorado River. The victim was traveling with a small tour group.

Park rangers and a Classic Lifeguard medical helicopter team responded to the scene and determined that the man was deceased after having fallen approximately 600 feet. The body was recovered with the assistance of the helicopter, park rangers and Coconino County Sheriff's deputies from the base of the cliff and transported it to the overlook parking lot where it was transferred to the Coconino County Medical Examiner.

The Coconino County Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation in cooperation with the National Park Service, a standard procedure in fatality cases within the Glen Canyon National Park Recreation Area. The deceased male identity was not released pending notification of the next of kin. No other details were released.

The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is a recreation and conservation unit of the National Park Service that encompasses the area around Lake Powell and lower Cataract Canyon in Utah and Arizona, covering 1,254,429 acres of mostly desert. The recreation area borders Capitol Reef National Park and Canyonlands National Park on the north, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on the west, and Grand Canyon National Park on the south.

The Glen Canyon National Recreation Area was established in 1972 "to provide for public use and enjoyment and to preserve the area's scientific, historic, and scenic features." The stated purpose of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is for recreation as well as preservation, whereas a national park places more emphasis on natural preservation. As such, the area has been developed for access to Lake Powell via 5 marinas, 4 camping grounds, two small airports, and houseboat rental concessions.