Calgary man, 21, identified after fatal fall in B.C. national park
FIELD, B.C. – The coroner’s service in British Columbia has identified a 21-year-old Calgary man who died after a fall in Yoho National Park.
It says Ryan James McIntosh was one of a group of four who set up camp on Thursday to hike up the nearby Secretary-Treasurer Peak, about 20 kilometres east of Golden.
The coroner’s service says McIntosh and one other person reached the summit, but on the descent at about 4 p.m. he lost his footing and fell more 200 metres down a steep embankment.
A Canadian Forces search and rescue helicopter, which was flying through the area, responded when one of the man’s companions activated an emergency locator beacon.
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