ASPEN A 34-year-old man suffered a severe ankle injury and was airlifted from near Capitol Lake on Monday morning, according to a news release issued by the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 8:57 a.m.,.
Just one day after the tragic death of a climber on Colorado s notorious Capitol Peak, another rescue took place in which an off-route and underprepared climber needed saving.
The climber, who authorities said was from Denver, plummeted into Pierre Lakes Basin, a rocky area below the mountain, after a rock that she tried to hold onto for support and leverage while climbing gave way, witnesses told authorities.
A woman s body was recovered on Saturday, after she reportedly fell 900 feet from below the summit of Capitol Peak in Pitkin County, according to a news release from the
Rescuers and a helicopter responded to an injured climber on Snowmass Mountain on Sunday after the 29-year-old Denver woman suffered two leg injuries due to rockfall, according to a Pitkin County news release. The Pitkin County.