The Chief

• Major rockfall shuts down portions of Stawamus Chief Park

  No injuries were reported, but RCMP and the local climbing community have been asked to urge others to use "extra caution" in the area.

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  Sep 21, 2021
  
• Rockfall forces closure of climbing areas on Stawamus Chief

  In a notice posted Tuesday, BC Parks said there had been "multiple significant rockfalls" in the Grand Wall, and Western Dihedrals climbing areas.

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  Jul 28, 2021
  
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• Squamish resident dies in speed-flying incident on Stawamus Chief

  A Squamish resident has been killed in a speed-flying incident on the Stawamus Chief.

  Jul 27, 2015
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• Speed flyer rescued from ledge of the Stawamus Chief; rescue crews warn adrenaline junkies

  A 42-year-old man is lucky to have escaped injury after his attempt at "speed flying" off the Stawamus Chief on Thursday resulted in being stranded on a ledge.

  Dec 5, 2014
• Squamish resident dies after paragliding accident at Stawamus Chief

  Squamish RCMP say a 36-year-old man died on Saturday afternoon in a paragliding accident at The Chief.

  Sep 9, 2013
• Hiker who fell to her death on the Chief identified

  The BC Coroners Service has identified the woman who plunged to her death off a steep slope on the Stawamus Chief near Squamish a week ago.

  Aug 9, 2013
• Squamish police say hiker who died on the Chief was a 52-year-old woman

  Squamish police confirm the hiker who plunged to her death off a steep slope on the Stawamus Chief near Squamish was a 52-year-old woman.

  Aug 7, 2013