Woman Rescued From Rocky Mountain National Park Fall
On Tuesday (Feb. 9), park rangers were notified that a 21-year-old female from Texas had suffered serious injuries near Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.
According to an official press release from the National Park Service, the woman slid down a snow-covered slope about 70 to 100 feet into a talus slope on the south side of Emerald Lake.
Courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members performed advanced medical care upon finding the victim.
They used a Rescue Toboggan to take the patient from Emerald Lake to the Bear Lake Trailhead where she was transported by ambulance to Estes Park Health and then taken to a nearby trauma center.