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Utah Woman Dies In Fall During Grand Canyon River Trip

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By Compiled From N... - April 5th, 2022
A Salt Lake City woman died in a fall along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park/NPS file

A Utah woman died from a fall near Ledges Camp along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park/NPS file

A 34-year-old Utah woman died from a fall while on a river trip through Grand Canyon National Park.

A park release said Margaret Osswald, of Salt Lake City, was near Ledges Camp at river mile 152 when she fell about 20 feet at about 6:30 p.m. Monday and sustained fatal injuries. While she received CPR from others on the trip, when Arizona Department of Public Safety emergency staff arrived via helicopter at approximately 8:30 p.m. they pronounced her deceased.  

Osswald had hiked into the canyon to meet the river trip at Phantom Ranch and was on day six of a multi-day private boating trip. An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner. 

 

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