Man dies after falling into glacier crevasse in Jasper National Park - BERITAJA

A man from Czechia who lived successful British Columbia died aft falling into a crevasse successful a glacier successful Jasper National Park.

RCMP said constabulary were called Tuesday, May 12 to the Columbia Icefield on Highway 93.

Police said the unfortunate was identified arsenic a 38-year-old man who was a national of the Czech Republic but lived successful Revelstoke, B.C.

He had been snowboarding pinch 2 friends, they added.

Police said it wasn’t instantly imaginable to retrieve his assemblage because of the distant location and harsh environment.

The Columbia Icefield, a celebrated tourer attraction on the famed Icefield Parkway, is about 100 kilometres southeast of the municipality of Jasper.