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A woman who was caught in an avalanche in the Rocky Mountains west of the Alberta-B.C. boundary has died of her injuries.

Parks Canada says she was with a group of ice climbers in Yoho National Park on Monday afternoon when the slide happened near Field. The 47-year-old Red Deer woman was airlifted to Foothills Hospital in Calgary.

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Parks Canada said she was participating in a guided ice climb on Massey’s Route on Mount Stephen.

At the time of the slide, the avalanche danger rating in the area was considered to be moderate in the alpine and low in the treeline and below.

Local guide Brent Peters, who frequently climbs the popular route, said there is big terrain above the climb.

“Some years there is so much avalanche debris that it lasts all summer. It’s in a snow gully,” he said.

“Avalanches don’t just happen, something had to change in the snow pack. Ice climbers have to think what is happening 1,000 metres above our heads because we are not up there in the start zone. We have to consider if the temperature changing or is there things happening that could change the load.”

Another ice climber, Carl Hawkins, died when he fell while climbing solo on Cascade Falls in Banff National Park recently.

The avalanche risk in Yoho National Park is expected to increase in the coming days.

With files from The Canadian Press

This story has been updated to correct the woman’s age and hometown.