Police say a rock climber fell to his death on Saturday while scaling the Stawamus Chief mountain that towers over Squamish.
Mounties received a call around 1:45 p.m. and later found a man who’d fallen about 30 metres while climbing in the mountain’s Grand Wall area.
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They’re working to contact the man’s next of kin, adding that his name is not being released.
RCMP Sgt. Sascha Banks said in a release police believe the incident to be a “terrible accident” and that the BC Coroners Service has now taken over the investigation.
The Chief is a popular tourist destination, and Squamish Emergency Services have attended to a number of incidents there over the past few months.
The Canadian Press
