Several hikers were injured in a rock slide on Thursday afternoon, and Global News has learned that at least one person is dead. A large emergency response was sent to the Alberta Rocky Mountains. It took place along the Highway 93 Icefields Parkway, 37 kilometers north of Lake Louise, near Bow Glacier Falls in Banff National Park. According to the Alberta RCMP, at 1:30 p.m., Mounties and firefighters from Lake Louise were dispatched to the Bow Lake Falls trail. According to RCMP, multiple hikers were hit by a rock/landslide and “there may be serious injuries and/or fatalities” but police could not say how bad it was or how many people are hurt, as it was still an unfolding event.STARS Air Ambulance said STAR-1 from Calgary and STAR-3 from Edmonton responded to the emergency and each airlifted one patient to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary in unknown condition.Alberta Health Services didn’t have any information to share.Parks Canada is leading the emergency response near Bow Glacier Falls.
The federal agency said visitor safety teams from both Banff and Jasper national parks are responding, with support from other agencies.
Highway 93 near Bow Lake is expected to be temporarily closed to allow emergency responders to work. On Thursday, Parks Canada requested that visitors avoid the area. According to Parks Canada, the Bow Glacier Falls trail is a moderate-difficulty hike in of 4.4 kilometres one-way, with an elevation gain of 190 metres, that takes about three hours round-trip.
Rock slide leaves 1 dead, others seriously injured in Banff National Park
