A 27-year-old Canadian paraglider, Megan Elizabeth, who went missing after her glider crash-landed in the higher reaches of the Dhauladhar ranges on Saturday, was found dead by a rescue team on Monday.

The Baijnath administration had launched a rescue operation on Sunday with the help of climbers and volunteers from the Bir Billing Paragliding Association (BPA).

Elizabeth, a solo flier, had taken off from Billing and was expected to land at Chogan, but lost her route and crashed near Talan Jot, north of Himani Chamunda temple, at an altitude of about 3,900 metres.

Rahul Singh, a member of the rescue team, was the first to be air-dropped into the area on Sunday evening. He reached the crash site later that night and found the paraglider unresponsive.

Officials said Elizabeth had likely

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