Female hiker recovering in Calgary hospital after falling 45 metres

It’s being hailed as one of the largest rescue efforts ever seen by Pincher Creek Mounties — the successful rescue of a 35 year old female hiker.

The woman was part of a group of six that was hiking Mount Haig, west of Castle Mountain Ski Resort, when she tumbled roughly 45 metres from a scree slope.

It happened around 3:15 p.m. Sunday. RCMP first became alerted that something was wrong after seeing an emergency locator beacon had become notified.

A short time later they received two 9-1-1 calls.

First responders made up of several agencies including Waterton National Parks Public Safety, Kananaskis Provincial Park Public Safety and Banff National Park were able to locate the group and rescue five of them.

It was bad weather however that kept them from reaching the sixth hiker — the woman who had fallen.

A Public Safety Officer from Waterton Parks erected a survival tent and stayed with the injured hiker overnight.

It was a large group of agencies that included Public safety officers from Banff National Park, Kananaskis Park and Waterton Park along with Alpine Helicopters that was able to reach the woman Monday morning.

She was rushed to a Calgary hospital by air ambulance where she remains in serious condition.

“Surviving this woman’s life can be credited to the superior technical ability of all those who participated in this extremely complex mission,” said Corporal Jeff Feist of Pincher Creek.

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