On a walk with this family, an Oregon man died after sliding from a cliff at a well-liked natural recreation area, according to police authorities.
According to John Plock, a spokesman for the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, the 40-year-old man apparently slipped or stumbled while hiking near Multnomah Falls, which is roughly 30 miles east of downtown Portland, with his wife and five children.
Plock estimates that the fall occurred on Saturday around half a mile up the trail.
“He slid down a steep hill and then fell off a cliff,” Plock said. “We estimate it was a 100 to 150-foot fall.”
After the father fell, his family and others were unable to see where he landed, Plock told CNN affiliate KATU.
The sheriff’s department and Corbett Fire District responded and searched for the man, finding his body about 45 minutes after the incident occurred, according to tweets from the agencies.
The family is from the Portland metro area, according to authorities.
Multnomah Falls has more than 2 million visitors annually and is the most-visited natural recreation site in the Pacific Northwest, according to the US Forest Service website.
In August 2022, a woman hiking with friends along the Multnomah Falls-Larch Mountain Trail died after a head injury from an approximately 100-foot fall, CNN previously reported.