LAC DES ARCS - A 21-year-old man is dead after falling approximately 60-feet down Heart Mountain near Lac Des Arcs, police reported.
On Sunday (May 19) around 1 p.m., Canmore RCMP responded to a report on the mountain, about 20 kilometres east of Canmore, to assist on a search and rescue effort for a hiker who fell from it.
STARS air ambulance was originally called to the scene around 1:36 p.m., but was called down shortly after.
At approximately 4:30 p.m., RCMP confirmed the man's body was located and recovered from the area.
RCMP said the man was believed to be with another hiker at the time.
