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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Harri Evans & Sophie Halle-Richards

Manchester woman who died after falling off mountain in Snowdonia is named

A woman from Manchester who died while climbing a mountain in Snowdonia earlier this month has been named.

Samantha Jane Orton, 55, travelled to the National Park on June 2 to climb Glyder Fach with a friend, an inquest opening in North Wales heard today (June 14).

Ms Orton, of Cringle Road in Levenshulme, fell three to four metres into a crevice on the Chasm Route shortly after taking to the mountain at 1.30pm, North Wales Live reports.

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