A woman killed in a fall Thursday afternoon in Grand Canyon National Park was identified Saturday as Barbara Evert, 78, of Englewood.
The Denver Post could not reach Evert’s family Saturday.
However, members of the family told 9News that Evert was an avid climber and the former director of the Colorado Mountain Club climbing school in Golden.
Evert reportedly also had been a teacher at Englewood High School.
Park rangers reported that a woman lost her footing and fell 100 to 140 feet. She suffered head injuries and died at the scene, they said.
A commercial river trip guide first reported the accident at 1 p.m. Thursday, after a group of rafters took a side trip, hiking up the Tabernacle Route in the vicinity of Upper Rattlesnake, according to a National Park Service release.
Rangers responded by helicopter. An investigation into the accident is ongoing.
