It was a deadly weekend in the high country
A helicopter takes a woman found Sunday on Flattop Mountain to a hospital. Courtesy of National Park Service
By Joey Bunch and Tom McGhee, The Denver Post
The weekend was hard on outdoor enthusiasts in the Colorado high country, and conditions are expected to worsen this week.
A 64-year-old assistant U.S. attorney from Denver died Saturday in Rocky Mountain National Park, and a 54-year-old Estes Park woman reported missing in the park Saturday was found unresponsive Sunday morning.
An overdue snowmobiler and two cross-country skiers were reported missing in Mesa County on Sunday afternoon as a snowstorm moved into Colorado, and medical rescuers rushed to Big Thompson Canyon after an ice-climbing accident was reported late Sunday afternoon.
Details of the ice-climbing accident were not immediately available.
The skiers eventually were found safe, and the Mesa County Sheriff's Department said Sunday evening that a man "self-rescued" after he had been snowmobiling with a group and became separated and lost at about noon.
The identity of the Estes Park woman found Sunday morning off a trail on Flattop Mountain had not been released late Sunday. She was reported missing Saturday, said park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson.
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