Woman dies in Mountain Lion attack near Estes Park

Two mountain lions have been euthanized in response to a fatal attack of a female hiker in Larimer Country near Estes Park.

During a press conference in Glen Haven Thursday evening, CPW spokesperson Kara Van Hoose said a group of hikers on Crosier Mountain Trail came across a mountain lion near a person on the ground around 12:15 p.m.

The group threw rocks at the animal to scare it off and then went to try to help the woman. One of the people in the hiking group was a physician, who did not find a pulse on the woman, Van Hoose said…

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