Mounties say hikers caught up in a rock slide in Banff National Park

By Canadian Press on June 19, 2025.

BANFF — RCMP say hikers have been caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park.

The nature and number of injuries have not been determined.

Police say they were notified around 1:30 p.m.

Parks Canada says it and other emergency crews are responding to the site near Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise on the Icefields Parkway.

Temporary road closures are expected on the Icefields Parkway near Bow Lake in order to allow responders to work.

Parks Canada asks visitors to avoid the area.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2025.

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