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Mountaineer missing while climbing near Switzerland-Italy border, Athletics Canada says. (2026, September 5). The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-squamish-mountaineer-missing-kalie-mccrystal/
“Mountaineer missing while climbing near Switzerland-Italy border, Athletics Canada says.” The Globe and Mail, 5 Sept. 2026, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-squamish-mountaineer-missing-kalie-mccrystal/.
“Mountaineer missing while climbing near Switzerland-Italy border, Athletics Canada says.” The Globe and Mail, September 5, 2026. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-squamish-mountaineer-missing-kalie-mccrystal/.
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Kalie McCrystal, a 38-year-old Canadian athlete from Squamish, B.C., went missing while attempting to break a mountain-running record on the Italian side of the Matterhorn, a 4,481-metre-tall mountain straddling the Swiss-Italian border. She was last seen on Tuesday, September 1st above the Jean-Antoine Carrel hut at an altitude of approximately 3,830 metres. McCrystal had previously climbed the Matterhorn and had many years of experience in high-altitude and technical mountain terrain.
A helicopter search operation was conducted by Aosta Valley Mountain Rescue, but it was called off after several flights on Thursday turned up no trace of McCrystal or any evidence that may have provided a clue to her route. Since then, regular mountain guides have been searching for her. The Italian rescue team is now trying to obtain data from McCrystal's phone to "triangulate" her location using Italian and Swiss cellphone towers.
McCrystal was hoping to ascend and descend the Matterhorn in less than five hours during her record attempt. Her family, friends, and colleagues are holding out hope for her safe return.
