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Times Wire Reports
A 49-year-old woman slipped on a patch of snow and fell more than 300 feet to her death on Mt. Olympus.
The Salt Lake County sheriff’s office said the body of Karin Vandenberg was being recovered Saturday. Two teenagers from the same hiking party also slipped and suffered head injuries and possible broken bones. They were listed in stable condition. Mt. Olympus is a steep, 9,026-foot mountain east of Salt Lake City.
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