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A woman in her twenties is dead after falling from a mountain near Marvel Peak in Banff National Park, according to police.<\/p>\n
RCMP responded Tuesday afternoon after Parks Canada received communication from a group of four hikers who were coming from the British Columbia side of the border on a multi-day hike.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe female lost her footing and fell,\u201d Canmore RCMP detachment commander Staff Sgt. Greg Tulloch said. \u201cShe went down in a manner that was unsurvivable.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parks Canada\u2019s Banff field unit hadn’t responded to requests from CBC News as of publication time.<\/p>\n
Tulloch said members of the group were able to reach the woman who fell, attempt first aid and contact emergency services.<\/p>\n
He said Parks Canada rescue specialists tried to get to the area via helicopter Tuesday, but bad weather left them unable to get to the scene until Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hiker was recovered early this morning, and we\u2019re working to make contact with the family,\u201d Tulloch said.<\/p>\n
Stuart Brideaux, a public education officer with Alberta\u2019s Emergency Health Services, said Parks Canada called them for help Tuesday afternoon. He said they staged in the area of Mount Shark in Spray Valley Provincial Park, but were stood down.<\/p>\n
Second hiker death in under a week<\/p>\n
Marvel Peak is in the southern part of Banff National Park, near the border of British Columbia’s Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park and Kananaskis Country in Alberta.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a roughly 2,650-metre summit and about three kilometres from the Continental Divide.<\/p>\n
This hiker’s death follows another over the weekend. A 65-year-old Calgary man died after falling from Mount Temple<\/a> in Banff National Park on Saturday.<\/p>\n