The body of German tramper Julian Stukenborg (23) was found yesterday.
Snow melted and revealed its location three days after he was reported overdue from a solo tramp.
Searchers, who had been searching the area over the weekend, found Mr Stukenborg's body in an area below the Cascade Saddle in the vicinity of the Pylon. It appeared he had fallen about 200m from the ridgeline.
Irish doctor Donal Deery (29) in 2005 and Christchurch tramper Craig Cameron (34) in 2004 both fell in the same area and were killed.
Auckland tramper Irina Yun (36), a Kazakhstan immigrant, died in 2009 while travelling the Cascade Saddle route. Her bones were found in the Dart River beyond Cascade Saddle.
Mr Stukenborg had been in New Zealand since January on a one-year working holiday visa and had been fruit-picking in the North Island before heading south and setting off on his tramp. In an entry in a Mt Aspiring hut log book on June 16, he said he intended to tramp over the Cascade Saddle, into the Dart Valley and then on to the Routeburn Track to finish in Te Anau.
On Thursday, a friend in Germany notified the Department of Conservation after Mr Stukenborg had failed to contact him the previous day, as arranged, and a search and rescue operation was launched on Friday, involving Aspiring Helicopters and the LandSAR division Wanaka Alpine Cliff Rescue.
Wanaka LandSAR member Constable Mike Johnston said Mr Stukenborg had been found in a "high probability area" where searchers had been concentrating their efforts.
The area where the body was found had already been checked. However, snow - which had since melted - had hidden the body until yesterday.
Mr Stukenborg's body was transferred to Dunedin last night for an autopsy and his death will be referred to the coroner.
His next of kin in Germany were notified last night of his death.
