Four people roped together as they descended a steep snow slope were hurt in a fall in Rocky Mountain National Park this week, park spokeswoman Kyle Patterson said.
The accident, which involved a father, his daughter and son and a guide from the Colorado Mountain School, occurred about 2½ miles from the Bear Lake Trailhead. Rangers were notified by cellphone of the fall around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday. The first rescuers reached the climbers at about 4 p.m.
The two most seriously injured were carried out on litters. Steve Johnson, 40, the Colorado Mountain School guide from Boulder, suffered a broken leg, and a 15-year-old from Greenwood Village suffered deep neck bruises. The other two climbers suffered bumps, bruises and strains, Patterson said. The 15-year-old was taken by ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center and released Wednesday morning. Johnson was treated and released late Tuesday night. Howard Pankratz, The Denver Post
