{"id":830335,"date":"2026-07-28T01:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/830335\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T01:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:07:10","slug":"parks-canada-says-calgary-men-dead-after-slipping-and-falling-on-popular-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/830335\/","title":{"rendered":"Parks Canada says\u00a0Calgary\u00a0men dead after slipping and falling on popular hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 65-year-old\u00a0Calgary\u00a0man is dead following a fall on the Mount Temple scrambling route in Banff National Park last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Parks Canada says visitor safety specialists responded to a report after the man slipped and fell.<\/p>\n<p>He had been hiking with a group of people last Saturday who were able to call for help.<\/p>\n<p>Parks Canada says staff arrived at the site via helicopter and deployed a heli-sling to lift him to a staging area.<\/p>\n<p>He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Mount Temple scramble is a challenging, moderate alpine route featuring more than 1,700 metres of elevation gain, steep loose scree, and an exposed rock crux.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParks Canada would like to express their condolences to the family for this loss,\u201d said Justin Brisbane, public relations and communications officer for Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay Field Unit.\u2028<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 27, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 65-year-old\u00a0Calgary\u00a0man is dead following a fall on the Mount Temple scrambling route in Banff National Park last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-830335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}