Rocky Mountain National Park rangers found the body of a 66-year-old Fort Collins woman who was reported overdue from a hike this week.
Rangers were notified Tuesday night that the woman, whose name wasn’t released, had not returned from a day hike as planned. They found her body near Chasm Lake early Wednesday on the south side of the lake in a scree slope.
Park officials said she apparently fell in the rocky area. Chasm Lake is not far below Long’s Peak, the park’s highest point. The lake’s altitude is 11,760 feet.
Rocky Mountain National Park searchers were aided in the recovery by the Mesa Verde Interagency Helitak crew. The woman’s body was flown via a long line operation to the Upper Beaver Meadows helipad, where she was transferred to the Boulder County coroner’s office.
The coroner’s office, which was closed Friday, will release the woman’s name after her family is notified.
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