A second person has now been confirmed dead after a rockslide in Banff National Park Thursday afternoon.In a joint statement, the RCMP and Parks Canada said the incident took place shortly before 1 p.m. near Bow Glacier Falls, which is located approximately 37 km north of Lake Louise along Highway 93N.During a press conference on Friday, Lake Louise, Yoho, and Kootenay Parks Canada Field Unit Superintendent François Masse said the slide had been a natural occurrance, and was thus "neither preventable, nor predictable.".Jutta Hinrichs, 70, was found deceased at the scene, while two others were evacuated by STARS Air Ambulance and a ground ambulance took one victim. Their conditions have not been revealed. "RCMP also confirm that a second deceased individual was recovered on the morning of June 20," RCMP and Parks Canada said in a statement, adding that, "at this time, there are no additional persons reported missing and no additional unidentified vehicles at the trailhead located at Bow Lake."Thirteen other people were evacuated.Hinrichs was an occupational therapist who coordinated clinical education at the University of Alberta until her retirement last July.In a written statement, the university described Hinrichs as a "dedicated leader and educator.""She was integral to developing a southern Alberta satellite for the department, growing it from the seeds of her deep clinical and leadership experience in the Calgary area. As an educator, Jutta nurtured many students, preceptors and clinicians to flourish and grow. That her work continues to enrich the tapestry of occupational therapy in Alberta is her legacy.".Canada Task Force Two (CAN-TF2 Calgary), a national disaster response team are on scene and will continue their search Friday to ensure that there are no other missing hikers while a Canada Task Force One (CAN-TF1 Vancouver) geotechnical engineer will conduct a slope stability assessment.Banff National Park is still open, however the Icefields Parkway has "potential intermittent, short-term traffic stoppages" near the site of the incident. Bow Lake, on the other hand, is closed to all visitors and a no-fly zone has been kept in place..In an interview with the CBC, a visitor from Canmore and his wife said there were around 25 to 20 people in the area when the slide occurred. "We just kept sprinting and I couldn't see the people behind us anymore because they were all in that cloud of rock," he explained. "I saw rocks coming tumbling out of that. So it was, it was big. It was, like, the full mountainside."He described the slide as being 50 metres wide and 10 metres deep.
