DENVER (KDVR) — Two hikers were rescued from a mountain lion at midnight during a snowstorm, according to a social media post from the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office.
Last Thursday, two hikers called the sheriff’s office around 10 p.m. and told them they were being stalked by a mountain lion at St. Mary’s Glacier. The office deployed a backcountry rescue team to help the hikers.
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Sgt. Aab and Deputy Bertrand hopped on an ATV and met one of the hikers at the trailhead parking lot after they were successfully able to make it down to call for help. That hiker joined the sheriff’s office on the ATV to travel to the second hiker, who had bunkered in a tent to avoid the mountain lion.
The rescue was performed with flurries of wind and snow, and by the time the rescue team and hikers returned, it was midnight…