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Written by Aaron
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Wednesday, 14 July 2010 22:08 |
 At around 5:00 p.m. today, July 14, park rangers received a call from International Emergency Response Coordination Center, indicating they had received an emergency activation from a SPOT device in Rocky Mountain National Park. Park rangers determined from the latitude and longitude coordinates that it had been activated near Lost Lake in the northeast section of the park.
At 6:50 p.m. two park rangers, including one parkmedic, flew with the pilot and helicopter crew member from the Grand Teton National Park helicopter staged in the area for the Cow Creek Fire, to the general area where the SPOT had been activated. The crew was able to see people on the ground needing assistance. At 7:15 p.m. park rangers reached a 27-year-old man who had slid 30 yards on a snowfield to the west above Lost Lake. The man had suffered a broken leg.
At 8:45 p.m. the patient and parkmedic flew with the pilot back to a helispot in the park near Beaver Meadows Visitor Center. The man was taken by ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center. Due to nightfall, the other ranger and helicopter crew member will remain overnight at a backcountry patrol cabin in the northern part of the park. The 27-year-old man was camping with another person who will remain overnight at their backcountry site.
The man’s name and hometown will not be released until family members are notified.
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