A 25-year-old died in Rocky Mountain National Park on Sunday after he fell into the water near West Creek Falls and was pulled under.
A spokesperson for RMNP said the man's body was recovered Sunday evening. He was from Providence, Rhode Island.
The circumstances around how and exactly when he fell were not available Monday afternoon. His identity has not been released. The man's body was flown by Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack to a helispot in the Upper Beaver Meadows area of the park and then transferred to the Office of the Larimer County Coroner/Medical Examiner. A coroner will determine his cause of death.
The trail to West Creek Falls is off the Northern Boundary Trail on the eastern edge of the national park. It is a relatively quiet part of the park.West Creek Falls | June 11, 2023 The RMNP spokesperson said all waterways in the park — rivers, streams and waterfalls — are running very fast, deep and cold. Visitors should not approach the banks, which are slippery.
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