Carry Out Of Ill Park Visitor At The Loch In Rocky Mountain National Park

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Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue Team members carry out patient from The Loch

Courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release Date: September 15, 2015
Contact: Kyle Patterson, [phone]

At approximately 2:30 p.m. Monday, September 14, park staff were notified that a 20 year old male from Georgia was having a medical emergency at The Loch in Rocky Mountain National Park.  He was unable to walk.  Fortunately, a park ranger was in the area and reached the man in less than 20 minutes.

Other park rangers reached The Loch, located 3 miles from the Glacier Gorge Trailhead, at approximately 3:30 p.m. and provided additional emergency care. The man was carried out on a wheeled litter.  Twenty-five park search and rescue team members were in the field, including seventeen Alpine Hotshot crew members. 

The team reached the Glacier Gorge Trailhead after 7:00 p.m.  The patient left in a personal vehicle with a family member. 

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