Parks Canada Says Two Dead Following Avalanche on Alberta Mountain

Parks Canada Says Two Dead Following Avalanche on Alberta Mountain
The Columbia Icefield near Jasper, Alta., on Sunday, July 19, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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JASPER, Alta.—Parks Canada says two people have died in an avalanche on an Alberta mountain popular with climbers.

Steve Young, a communications officer with Jasper National Park, says the slab avalanche occurred Sunday morning on Mount Andomeda in the Columbia Icefield near Jasper, Alta. There were no other reported injuries.