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Oakwood man survives fall climbing Montana mountain

By Ken Stanford Contributing Editor
Posted 11:22AM on Friday 3rd June 2011 ( 14 years ago )
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. - A South Hall man - Andrew Wilkerson - escaped serious injury in a fall at Mount Stanton in Montana's Glacier National Park.

FlatheadNewsGroup.com reports that Wilkerson, who is 24 and is from Oakwood, fell about 30 feet Tuesday after he had finished scaling the 7,750foot peak.

Wilkerson works at Montana's Lake McDonald Lodge and was climbing the mountain with co-workers at the time of his fall.
Lake McDonald is in the foreground and behind it is Mount Stanton and behind it is Mount Vaught. (Photo courtesy FlatheadNewsGroup.com)

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