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Betsy and Jim Chaffin hold their 11-month-old dog, Bella, in their home on Friday, July 23, 2021. Bella was lost in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness for a month and was found after the community rallied together to help track her down. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
A little cockapoo relied on a big heart, wily wits and maybe a little luck to survive four weeks in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness.
Bella disappeared June 18 while hiking the Capitol Creek Ditch Trail with Betsy and Jim Chaffin and their extended family, including two other dogs. Bella had gone ahead of the human pack with the Chaffins’ grandson and other dogs when she turned around. Somehow, she got off course and, willingly or not, went on an epic journey.