![]() The trailhead lies across from Chalk Lake campground and is near the St. The Forest Service says the trail got medium to heavy usage. Spezze said officials have asked the Forest Service for a permanent closure. The trail is one of the first hikes recommended to people new to the area and is also popular with tourists, said Margaret Dean, a regular hiker who has walked the trail with her 7-year-old grandson.ĭean, a copy assistant at The Mountain Mail newspaper in Salida, said the trail is easily accessible and provides a view of the falls and the Chalk Creek Valley in Collegiate Peaks, which contains mountains over 14,000-feet tall.Īgnes Vaille, the waterfall’s namesake, was a Denver mountaineer who died in 1925 while attempting a difficult winter climb of Longs Peak, which rises to 14,259 feet. It caught everybody by surprise,” Spezze said. It was too soon to know if the weather prompted the slide, which left a football-field-sized gash in the mountainside, he said. The area had a rainy summer and a recent snowfall, said Spezze. ![]() “If anything moves, our people will come out,” he said.Ī female hiker who heard the slide ran down the trail and called for help, Spezze said. The safety of the recovery team is still a concern and lookouts will keep a close eye on the slide. Rescuers were unable to recover the bodies Monday because the rocks were dangerously unstable. Witnesses said some of the boulders were the size of cars. The slide sent 100-ton boulders onto a viewing area overlooking Agnes Vaille falls in Chalk Creek Canyon below Mount Princeton, a 14,197-foot peak in south-central Colorado. He said the team might try moving the boulder with a heavy inflatable bag that firefighters use to lift large vehicles during rescues. Four can probably be recovered using hand tools, but special equipment will be needed to dislodge a huge boulder and retrieve the fifth body, said David Noltensmeyer of the North End Search and Rescue team. The names and ages of the family members haven’t been released.Ĭhaffee County Undersheriff John Spezze said the family was from Buena Vista, Colo.Ī search team set out Tuesday to recover the bodies. “She told me at the last second when the boulders were coming down on top of them that he covered her up and protected her which I believe it saved her life,” Tolsma said. The girl said her father had protected her from the rocks, he said. ![]() The girl was airlifted to a Denver hospital with a broken leg after being dug out by rescuers.ĭeputy Nick Tolsma said he saw her hand sticking out from the rocks and helped pull her out. ![]() All five people who were killed in a Colorado rockslide and a teenage girl who survived with the help of her father were members of the same family, authorities said Tuesday. Rare 'firefall' stuns visitors at Yosemite National ParkīUENA VISTA, Colo. Stunning footage captures 'thunderous' rockslide at Yosemite National Park When a bear attacks, don't 'push a slower friend down,' National Park Service says Insane snowfall shutters Yosemite, turns parts of Golden State into winter wonderland ![]()
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