At about 3:05 p.m. on September 20, the Idaho Springs Police Department, along with other local emergency services, responded to the report of a fallen climber at AVA Rafting and Zipline in Idaho Springs.
The climber, identified as 26-year-old Olivia Copeland of Fort Collins, sustained significant injuries as a result of the fall and did not survive.
Additional details have since been released about the incident, including that preliminary information indicates that Copeland was guiding a group of AVA customers on the Mount Blue Sky Via Ferrata course when the fall occurred. This detail has since been confirmed by The Kansas City Star. Officials noted that the accident appears to have happened during a portion of the course that involves rappelling. The Kansas City Star report notes that her death appears to have been accidental in nature, per information from police…