LAKE LOUISE — A climber from Manitoba is dead after falling from Mount Victoria in Banff National Park.
Parks Canada says the 71-year-old man slipped and fell about 150 metres Wednesday morning, suffering fatal injuries.
The man and his partner were attempting to climb the south summit of the 3,464-metre-high mountain.
Parks Canada says his body has been recovered and his next of kin have been notified.
The man’s name was not released.