Rescue Incident at Rocky Mountain National Park
Posted By Estes Park News On January 13, 2011 @ =
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At 1:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon park rangers were notified by cell = phone=20 that a 55-year old male from Chicago, Illinois, took a significant=20 tumbling/sliding fall reported to be approximately 900 feet while = backcountry=20 skiing near the east face of Flattop Mountain on =E2=80=9CThe = Drift.=E2=80=9D He was skiing with=20 two others.
Rangers left the Bear Lake Trailhead at approximately 2:00 p.m. and = reached=20 the man around 3:00 p.m. The man had numerous injuries. The rescue took = place at=20 roughly 10,600 feet. There were 11 park staff including two park medics = on scene=20 at the incident. Rescuers began coming down the slope and snowpacked = trail with=20 the man in a sled type litter at 4:50 p.m.
Rescuers faced extremely cold temperatures, high winds and white out=20 conditions during this rescue. Nine members of Larimer County Search and = Rescue=20 headed up the trailhead late afternoon to assist the group coming down = to the=20 trailhead.
Rescuers reached the Bear Lake Trailhead at 6:30 p.m. with the = patient who=20 was taken to Estes Park Medical Center by ambulance and flown to Medical = Center=20 of the Rockies. His name was not released.
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