21-Year-Old Woman Dies After 300-Foot Fall at Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park.Photo:Grant Chesin/Getty

Grant Chesin/Getty

A 21-year-old woman fell to her death Saturday in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, the National Park Service (NPS) said in anews release.

The unidentified woman, who was from Severance, Colorado, and a man, 25, from San Angelo, Texas, were descending from the Flying Dutchman couloir — a steep mountain gully — when they both fell 300 feet.

The man, who was also not identified in the release, suffered critical injuries, per the park.

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A Colorado Air National Guard helicopter from Buckley Air Force Base extricated the man through a hoist operation, according to the NPS. He was then taken to the UC Health Medical Center of the Rockies via a Flight for Life air ambulance. The rescue operation involved 31 people.

The NPS said that unfavorable weather conditions on Sunday hampered the recovery of the woman’s body and would resume on Monday.

Her name has not yet been released until a positive identification is made and her next of kin is contacted.

The incident is under investigation, the park said,  and the cause of the pair’s fall wasn’t immediately clear.

This marks the fourth death at Rocky Mountain National Park so far this year, per theFort Collins Coloradoan.

source: people.com