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| Woman dies after Snowdonia fall | Woman dies after Snowdonia fall |
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| A woman thought to have been walking alone has died after falling down steep crags on a mountainside in Snowdonia. | |
| A major search was launched after she was reported missing off Idwal Slabs at about 1830 BST on Monday. | |
| Ogwen Valley Mountain Rescue team member Chris Lloyd said she was seen to fall by two mountain climbers. | |
| Mountain rescue teams, search dogs and an RAF rescue helicopter helped locate her body about three hours after she was reported missing. | Mountain rescue teams, search dogs and an RAF rescue helicopter helped locate her body about three hours after she was reported missing. |
| The woman who died had been walking on Glyder Fawr when she fell about 700ft (212m) down steep crags, Mr Lloyd said. | |
| He said the mountain climbers who saw her fall had to finish their climb up the crags before they were able to call for help. | |
| North Wales Police said the woman's body was found at the bottom of Idwal Slabs, an area popular with climbers, at about 2045 BST on Monday. | |
| A team of 20 people from the Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team and 10 from RAF Valley mountain rescue team helped in the search. | A team of 20 people from the Ogwen Valley mountain rescue team and 10 from RAF Valley mountain rescue team helped in the search. |
| An RAF rescue helicopter from Valley on Anglesey was also called in but the weather conditions were too poor for it to get close to the crags. |