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Kansas Woman Dies From Fall Into Avalanche Creek At Glacier National Park

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A Glacier National Park visitor died when she fell into Avalanche Creek and was swept downstream/NPS file, Tim Rains

A 28-year-old Kansas woman died when she fell into the tight, snowmelt-filled gorge cut by Avalanche Creek in Glacier National Park in Montana.

A park release Tuesday said the woman, who was not identified, fell from a rocky overhang into the creek Monday afternoon. 

"She was spotted in the creek passing under the bridge of Trail of the Cedars by bystanders who waded into the water to pull her out," the release said. "They immediately began CPR and sent people to notify rangers and call 911."

The woman was declared deceased at the side of the creek. 

The creek starts in the high country not far from the Going-to-the-Sun Road near Lake McDonald on the western side of the park. Snowmelt from the high country plunges hundreds of feet down into Avalanche Lake, which feeds the creek that feeds into McDonald Creek upstream of Lake McDonald.

Avalanche Lake, Kurt Repanshek file

Avalanche Lake/Kurt Repanshek file

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