Woman hospitalized after being buried near Lake Louise

A woman was taken to hospital after being buried in an apparent avalanche near Lake Louise on Thursday.

Police say they were alerted to anavalanche locator beacon being activated in the area late Thursday afternoon.

STARS air ambulance and rescue helicopters were both dispatched about 6:15 p.m.

RCMP said a woman was buried in a slide and was taken to hospital by ambulance. Two people with her were uninjured.

No information was available on where the slide happened.

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