One person has died following a tramping incident at Mt Aspiring National Park on Friday (February 21).

Police received a report that a woman, attempting to make her way across exposed and difficult terrain, had fallen several metres. 

The incident happened about 7pm after she and another person left Brewster Hut to reach the glacier fields.

The woman was located dead, and her death has been referred to the coroner.

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