Mount Yamnuska. (Photo by Hike Bike Travel)

By David Opinko

Hiker killed near Canmore, two others hurt in separate falls

Jul 12, 2020 | 11:29 AM

CANMORE, AB – Emergency officials responded to numerous incidents of recreators getting hurt in Kananaskis County.

At approximately 2:10 pm on Saturday, July 11, first responders were called to a trail on Mount Yamnuska.

According to Canmore RCMP, a 30-year-old Calgary man was hiking when he fell approximately 20 feet and sustained injuries. A number of bystanders tried to help him.

“Within minutes of the initial fall, several boulders dislodged from the scree slope above, striking the injured male and the bystanders,” reads a media release from Canmore RCMP. “The male suffered a head injury as a result. First aid and other life-saving measures were initiated by the bystanders.”

Despite all life-saving measures, the man succumbed to his injuries.

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No further information on this matter is being released at this time as police are in the process of notifying his family.

Officials also responded to two separate and unrelated incidents in the area the same day.

At 4:10 pm, a 24-year-old man sustained a head injury after falling on a scree slope. He was taken to hospital in Calgary with undetermined injuries.

Just before 7:00 pm, an additional call for a hiker was made who suffered a fracture.