A climber sustained a head injury after falling approximately 50-60 feet in Eldorado Canyon State Park on Saturday.
The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that the Boulder County Communications Center got a report of the fallen climber at around 9:09 a.m.
Eldorado Canyon State Park staff, Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, and Mountain View Fire Rescue units responded to the incident. The rescue teams provided initial medical treatment and secured the climber in a rescue litter for evacuation across “steep, unstable terrain.” The climber was then taken by an ambulance to a nearby medical facility for further evaluation and care. The rescue operation took about two hours…