A 23-year-old mountaineer missing for two days after attempting to climb Pyramid Peak and falling nearly 1,500 feet was found alive late Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.
A person out running several miles up Maroon Creek Road first ran into Ryan Montoya around 4 p.m., then continued running down the road until the person found Mountain Rescue Aspen volunteers on snowmobiles heading up the road, said Pitkin County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Burchetta.
Those volunteers transported him down the closed road to the Mountain Rescue staging area near the T-Lazy 7 Ranch, he said.
Montoya, missing since Sunday, likely came down the east side of the Pyramid Peak ridge and ended up on Maroon Creek Road, said Hugh Zuker of Mountain Rescue Aspen. He was found 3.5 to 4 four miles up the road from the ranch, he said.
“We were delighted he was OK,” Zuker said. “He came out that far on his own power – that was a surprise.”
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