Student dies in Green Canyon, honored by family and friends

Matt Del Grosso was a rock climber from Maryland, who died after suffering a head injury while rock climbing in Green Canyon near Scout Cave on May 21.

Del Grosso, 23, was a student at Utah State University. He was climbing with some friends when he fell 50 to 100 feet, said Chief Deputy Matt Bilodeau from the Cache County sheriff’s office, according to The Salt Lake Tribune.

Del Grosso was in the graduate program of the biology department. A vigil was held May 28 at the mouth of Green Canyon, with family members and friends there to honor his life.