A woman has died while bushwalking at Federation Peak in the Southwest National Park and Tasmania Police are this morning working to recover her body.
It is understood the woman, aged 32 from Launceston, fell from height at about 3.45pm yesterday.
Her bushwalking companion raised the alarm using her mobile phone when she was unable to locate her friend and feared she had fallen.
The Westpac Police Rescue Helicopter flew to the incident site late yesterday afternoon but it was not possible to deploy the rescue team to the ground due to the weather and poor visibility.
The helicopter winched a team of three police searchers and a paramedic close to the area in the early hours of this morning and they walked about an hour into the location.
The crew located the woman’s body at about 5am and she was confirmed deceased.
The helicopter was able to access the area upon daylight this morning and the body recovery operation is currently underway. It is expected to take several hours.
Six police and a paramedic remain at Federation Peak this morning.