A British woman has died after falling while hiking in northern Spain.
The 42-year-old woman fell about 1,650 ft from the Balaitus Peak in the Pyrenees, at about 7.20pm on Saturday.
The woman was declared dead at the scene.
She was crossing an area called the Great Diagonal, one of the most popular and accessible climbing routes, to its 3,144-metre (10,277ft) peak when she fell.
Her 53-year-old partner was unharmed in the incident, which occurred in the municipality of Salient de Gállego in the province of Huesca.
The Balaitus Peak, where a British woman fell to her death while hiking – Natalia Penza/Solarpix
Police sources today confirmed that the dead woman was British and was born in the UK but lived in Finland.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard confirmed: “An investigation is ongoing and a report drafted by officers will be sent to a local investigating court along with the post-mortem results.
“At this stage the woman’s death is being treated as a tragic accident resulting from a fall.”
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said: “We are aware of a British woman who has died in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.”
The Balaitus Peak is a granite mass located right on the border between Spain and France, separating the Spanish Tena Valley from the French Val d’Azun.
It marks the starting point of the High Pyrenees and has seven different ridges.