Visitor Dies While Snowshoeing in Park

Visitor Dies While Snowshoeing in Park

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Dec. 27, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

West Glacier, MT - On the afternoon of Dec. 26, park dispatch received a call from a commercial guide that a client had collapsed while on a guided snowshoe walk along Fish Creek Road.

Park rangers responded and continued CPR, already begun by the guide. Three Rivers Ambulance and A.L.E.R.T. Air Ambulance also responded. Efforts to resuscitate the visitor were unsuccessful.

The 64-year-old man was visiting the park from Miami, Florida with family members.

-NPS-

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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