Reports of a that had law enforcement searching the area Saturday morning turned out to be an outdoorsman who was in the area to fish, the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office said.
The sheriff’s office received reports of a man wearing camouflage and a mask and carrying a high-powered rifle near Naylor Lake and the Silver Dollar Lake Trail at around 11:35 a.m., officials said on social media.
Deputies contacted the man wearing camo, a balaclava, a mask and carrying a rifle who told them he was in the area to fish — which is not illegal, the sheriff’s office noted. Deputies offered the man a ride back to the trailhead.
“We appreciate hikers in the area who saw something and said something,” sheriff’s officials said on Facebook.
Guanella Pass and other Colorado mountain roads are particularly busy with leaf peepers this weekend, and the sheriff’s office had asked people to avoid the area as they investigated Saturday morning.
