(UPDATE: Sept. 7 @ 12:30 pm) - Efforts to retrieve the third and final deceased hiker of a group that fell while hiking at a Kootenay waterfall remain ongoing.
On Sept. 1, Kimberley RCMP were alerted by a GPS SOS that three hikers had gone over Meachen Creek Falls.
Officers responded to the scene and located a deceased 68-year-old woman about halfway down the falls, while the two remaining hikers were not immediately recovered.
The body of a 35-year-old woman was located and recovered the following day.
Since then, police have found the body of the 35-year-old man who was hiking with the group and efforts to retrieve his body are ongoing.
All three deceased hikers were Mexican citizens.
(Original story: Sept. 6 @ 10:45 am) -The search is ongoing for a 35-year-old man who went over Meachen Creek Falls in the Kootenays on Monday.
The bodies of the man’s hiking partners, two women aged 35 and 68, have already been found over the past two days and the RCMP says the man is presumed dead as well.
“Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased,” an RCMP statement noted.
Kimberley Mounties were alerted by a GPS SOS on Monday that the three hikers fell into Meachen Creek Falls, located in the backcountry west of Kimberley and Cranbrook.
A search ensued involving Kimberley Search and Rescue, Bighorn Helicopters, the RCMP’s Police Dog Services and a drone.
A media release issued by police on Tuesday informed the public that the 68-year-old woman’s body was located.
This morning, a second media release revealed the same for the 35-year-old woman and work is underway to recover her body today.
The RCMP says a police investigation is ongoing, but none of the deaths are believed to be suspicious.
