The Columbia Valley RCMP has confirmed the death of a 65-year-old male climber, who was reported to have fallen while climbing in the Mount Assiniboine area of Kootenay National Park.

On Tuesday, August 30, at 10:19 a.m., Columbia Valley RCMP received a report from Parks Canada, that there had been an activation of two SPOT emergency beacon GPS devices on Mount Assiniboine, in Kootenay National Park.

Shortly after the report being relayed, a team of Parks Canada Visitor Safety Specialists, responded to the distress signal location via helicopter, and confirmed to the Columbia Valley RCMP that the matter involved a climbing fatality. The Parks Canada Visitor Safety Specialists recovered the body of a 65-year-male along with another uninjured male who had been climbing with the man.

The Columbia Valley RCMP continues to assist the BC Coroners Services with their investigation into the man’s death. The man’s identity has been confirmed as that of a 65-year-old male from Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA.

The Columbia Valley RCMP has been in contact with the man’s next of kin.
No further information is being released at this time. Further media inquiries are to be directed to the BC Coroners Services.
Columbia Valley RCMP

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