BASE jumper dies after falling from 700-foot Utah cliff

September 28, 2026 / 11:44 AM EDT / CBS News

A BASE jumper died in Utah on Sunday morning, after falling about 700 feet from a cliff that authorities said is located in "an area popular with this type of sport."

The jumper was identified as a 27-year-old man by the sheriff's office in Utah's northeastern Cache County, who responded to the incident. They haven't released his name and said that information would be withheld until the man's next of kin had been notified.

Cache County Chief Deputy Doyle Peck described the man as an experienced BASE jumper who had participated "many times before" in activities like the one that ultimately led to his death. But, during this particular jump, from a spot just east of Millville Canyon in Utah's Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, "something went wrong and he did not have enough lift with his wingsuit," Peck said in a statement.

"He impacted the ground at a high rate of speed resulting in his death," the statement continued.

A Life Flight helicopter assisted Cache County search and rescue crews as they attempted to reach the man, who had fallen into a gully and couldn't be reached by ground crews, according…

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