Searchers have found the body of a 45-year-old Calgary woman on Goat Mountain, near Canmore.
RCMP initially said the woman died on Mount Yamnuska, but Kananaskis Emergency Services later confirmed the woman died on Goat Mountain, west of Yamnuska.
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The RCMP was contacted late Tuesday about an overdue hiker.
An aerial search launched early Wednesday morning spotted the woman’s body on the east face of the mountain.
RCMP say it appears she fell 120 metres.
The woman’s name is being withheld for the time being.
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