Authorities acquired a name from a person simply earlier than 8 a.m. Saturday who stated he and a climbing social gathering noticed the girl climbing solo on Capital Peak, which is about 14 miles west of Aspen. The girl fell when a rock she tried to seize onto gave means, the discharge stated.
As soon as notified, sheriff’s workplace contacted Mountain Rescue Aspen. The witness was capable of present the rescue group with the precise location of the girl’s physique, the discharge stated.
“It was then estimated that the girl had fallen roughly 900 toes, falling from the route that connects the knife edge to the Capitol Peak summit all the way down to Pierre Lakes Basin,” the discharge stated.
The girl’s physique was discovered and transferred to the Pitkin County coroner. Authorities are trying to contact her subsequent of kin earlier than revealing the girl’s identification.
Capitol Peak has an elevation of about 14,137 toes and is positioned within the the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness space. It’s “thought of considered one of Colorado’s most troublesome mountains to climb with excessive publicity and free, crumbling rock,” the discharge stated.