The two rock climbers whose bodies were found Wednesday on the rockface of a mountainside just east of Idyllwild have been identified by the Riverside County Coroner.

near the Tahquitz Peak Fire Lookout, southeast of Humber Park, within the San Bernardino National Forest, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

Riverside County fire crews had accessed the rockface in the attempted rescue operation but determined that both victims had died at the scene.

The image above shows an aerial view of the location where the two rock climbers were found.

The agency described the two victims as rock climbers, though it wasn't immediately clear whether they suffered fatal injuries during an ascent or descent on the mountainside, or died by other means.

The coroner did note the location of injury was the same as the location of death.

CalFIRE turned the case to the Riverside County Sheriff's investigators.