(BBC News) Two people are dead after a rockfall struck several hikers in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies.
Another three people were reported injured, as rescuers continue the search for potential survivors. Authorities have not said if anyone is missing.
One victim, a 70-year-old woman from Calgary, was found on Thursday. A second was discovered on Friday, according to a joint statement from Parks Canada and Lake Louise Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
The Bow Glacier Falls hiking trail is 9 kilometres long and runs along Bow Lake. It is classified as a moderate hiking challenge.
The conditions of the three injured people who were taken to hospital on Thursday have been upgraded to stable, the RCMP said on Friday.
The rockfall happened on Thursday afternoon north of Lake Louise, a tourist town 200 km west of Calgary.
Videos of the incident shared online show a large rock falling down a mountainside and large clouds of dust rising up.
Bow Lake is now closed and a no-fly order was put in place over the area as the search continues.
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