The man was alone on the slope and a bystander at the busy lake called for help after his fall.
A hiker spending the afternoon at Idaho Spring’s St. Mary’s Glacier — an hour west of Denver — fell 300 feet to his death, according to Alpine Rescue Team.
Alpine Rescue Team initially responded to reports of a stranded man at the lake around 2:20 p.m. Thursday, but when the 25-member team received new information reporting the man was unconscious and had taken a severe fall, they upgraded to an emergency response, turned on their lights and sirens and called in a Flight for Life helicopter, Smith said.When crews arrived at the scene, they found the man had died and turned toward recovering the body, Smith said. The operation took about four hours.
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