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Hiker suffers fatal 1,000-metre fall in Banff National Park

A 2016 photo of Mount Temple posted to Facebook by Banff National Park. (Banff National Park/Facebook) A 2016 photo of Mount Temple posted to Facebook by Banff National Park. (Banff National Park/Facebook)
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A man is dead after suffering a roughly kilometre-long fall from a mountain near Lake Louise.

Emergency crews responded to Mount Temple in Banff National Park late Saturday morning following reports of a fall.

RCMP officials say a member of an experienced group of hikers had lost his footing during a climb and slipped on snow and ice.

A Parks Canada helicopter crew spotted the body of the man at a location approximately a kilometre (3,300 feet) below the spot of the slip.

The identity of the deceased hiker has not been released.


 

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