A body believed to be missing hiker Jens "Jay" Yambert was recovered from Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday.

Members of the park's search and rescue team found the body west of Keplinger's Couloir at 12,600 feet in elevation, "in extremely steep, rugged terrain," Friday morning. The team stayed in the area overnight because of "the afternoon's weather and erratic winds," according to a Friday news release.

An initial investigation at the scene Saturday indicated the 60-year-old man from Urbana, Illinois, died instantly after taking an approximately 200-foot tumbling fall, according to a Sunday news release. Team members lowered Yambert down about 50 feet of "extremely loose terrain covered in loose scree" to a rock shelf area.

Helicopter operations to recover his body were completed at noon Sunday. He was transferred to Boulder County Coroner's Office, which will release the official identification after completing an autopsy.

Yambert was first reported missing by a family member Tuesday. He reportedly started his hike at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Longs Peak Trailhead, and family members had not heard from him since.

Rangers located his rental car Wednesday at the trailhead. Park visitors told rangers they had seen him hiking along the Keyhole Route on Monday and that weather conditions were poor.

Yambert reportedly went missing in the same area in 2014 but was located by rangers and hiked back to the trailhead on his own after they gave him some food and water.

Coloradoan reporter Saja Hindi contributed to this report.