A 26-year-old woman died after falling about 500 feet while climbing a ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, marking the second fatality at the park this month.
A 26-year-old woman died after falling about 500 feet while climbing a ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, The woman, whose name is being witheld until her next of kin are notified, was from Boulder, Colorado, and was free-solo climbing Sunday on the Four Acres of Blitzen Ridge, located on Ypsilon Mountain in the east side of the park, officials said. , a site that catalogues hiking sites, said the area is"rather committing" and can be climbed freely or with ropes.
The woman was climbing with another man, 27, also from Boulder. He called park rangers after she fell, and Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members made it to the area by Sunday night. He was evacuated from the area via helicopter, and was uninjured. On Monday morning, rescue team members hiked to the area above Ypsilon Lake to recover the woman's body. Her remains were transported by helicopter to another area of the park, and then the body was taken to a local coroner's office to determine the cause of death.
Rocky Mountain National Park is a United States national park located in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountain National Park covers over 400 square miles of rugged mountains and high tundra, drawing over 4 million hikers a year.
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