{"id":841446,"date":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841446\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:13:09","slug":"man-drowns-after-jumping-off-cliff-southeast-of-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/841446\/","title":{"rendered":"Man drowns after jumping off cliff southeast of Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RCMP say a 35-year-old man drowned on Saturday after jumping off a cliff into the Highwood River at the Nature\u2019s Hideaway campground southeast of Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>35-year-old man jumped into water and didn&#8217;t resurface, police say<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 01, 2026 7:59 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A cliff on a river.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1785633189_970_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>RCMP say a 35-year-old man drowned on Saturday after jumping off a cliff into the Highwood River, at the Nature\u2019s Hideaway campground southeast of Calgary. (Nature&#8217;s Hideaway Family Campground)<\/p>\n<p>RCMP say a man drowned on Saturday afternoon after jumping off a cliff southeast of Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the 35-year-old man jumped into the Highwood River at about 12:23 p.m. at the Nature\u2019s Hideaway campground, located about 30 kilometres southeast of Calgary in Foothills County.<\/p>\n<p>Okotoks RCMP, Foothills Fire and Emergency Services and a Calgary Police Service Helicopter Air Watch for Community Safety (HAWCS) helicopter responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The man was found in the water but declared deceased.<\/p>\n<p>Police say he was a resident of Mexico and had been visiting family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Okotoks RCMP is strongly urging the public to avoid cliff jumping due to serious risks, including underwater rock hazards not visible to the surface and strong currents,&#8221; a police statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>Nature\u2019s Hideaway has long been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/cliff-jumpers-drowning-campground-natures-hideway-1.5205887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">popular location<\/a> for swimming and cliff jumping.<\/p>\n<p>CBC News has reached out to the campground for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary RCMP say a 35-year-old man drowned on Saturday after jumping off a cliff into the Highwood River&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-841446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841446","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=841446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}