STARS responds for ice climber injured at Grotto Canyon

BOW VALLEY – An ice climber was injured at Grotto Canyon on Thursday evening (Jan. 14). 

According to STARS spokesperson Tammy Yamkowy, an air ambulance crew responded the Stoney Nakoda Resort and Casino to transport an injured climber. 

"STAR-1 rendezvoused with EMS at Stoney Nakoda Casino assuming care for a adult female ice climber injured while climbing," Yamkowy wrote in an email.  

"We transported her to Foothills Medical Centre; she was in stable, non-life-threatening condition." 

STAR-1 (Calgary) has been dispatched for a scene call emergency in the Stoney Nakoda Reserve, AB area.

— STARS air ambulance (@STARSambulance) January 15, 2021