News Release

Incident Near Emerald Lake In Rocky Mountain National Park

RMNP Search and Rescue Team Members descending toward Dream Lake.

Courtesy Rocky Mountain National Park

News Release Date: February 10, 2021

Contact: Kyle Patterson, Public Affairs Officer, 970-586-1363

Contact: Park Information, 970-586-1206

Yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, February 9, park rangers were notified that a 21-year-old female from Texas had suffered serious injuries near Emerald Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park.  The woman slid down a snow-covered slope approximately 70 to 100 feet into a talus slope on the south side of Emerald Lake. Rocky Mountain National Park Search and Rescue team members provided advanced medical care.     

Team members used a Rescue Toboggan to transport the patient from Emerald Lake to the Bear Lake Trailhead where she was transported by ambulance to Estes Park Health and then taken to a nearby trauma center.        

No further information will be released at this time.