Members of the park's technical rescue team execute a delicate maneuver, lowering a patient strapped securely in a metal basket called a Stokes litter. Rangers are clipped to the litter in order to care for the patient and direct the litter in its precarious descent while rangers above keep the litter and litter attendants belayed.
Photo courtesy of Rocky Mountain National Park
Last updated: March 31, 2012
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Contact Info
Mailing Address:
1000 US Hwy 36
Estes Park,
CO
80517
Phone:
970 586-1206
The Information Office is open year-round: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily in summer; 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mondays - Fridays and 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Saturdays - Sundays in winter.
Recorded Trail Ridge Road status: (970) 586-1222.
