Gondolas go up next to the Matterhorn in Zermatt, Switzerland, Thursday, Dec.3, 2020. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten)
Athletics Canada says missing mountaineer was climbing near Switzerland-Italy border
Sep 5, 2026 | 12:26 PM
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SQUAMISH — Athletics Canada says one of its members went missing while attempting to break a mountain-running record in the Alps along the Switzerland-Italy border.
The national sport governing body says in a statement Kalie McCrystal was last seen on Tuesday.
It says the skyrunner and mountaineer was climbing Italy’s Matterhorn, a roughly 4,481-metre-tall mountain that’s horn-shaped peak also overlooks Zermatt, a town in Switzerland.
The statement says McCrystal has many years of experience in technical and high-altitude environments, and has climbed the Matterhorn before.
