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A Hiker Slid 200 Feet down a Colorado Mountainside—and Survived
A hiker survived a 200-foot fall on Colorado's Buckskin Pass. Bystanders and Mountain Rescue Aspen responders executed a rapid wilderness save.
location of hiker's 200-foot fall
Maroon Bells
Mentioned by Outside
“The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about 0.3 miles (0.5 km). The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are…”