ELLINGWOOD POINT — A hiker was rescued from the Southwest approach to Ellingwood Point Sunday.
According to the rescue crews, the hiker had fallen and pinned his leg against a large boulder and broken his arm.
The hiker had a Garmin device that was able to provide Alamosa Search and Rescue with accurate coordinates to his location. SAR teams began immediately dedicating resources to the rescue mission and began flyovers to see an approach in the steep terrain.
Due to the steep and loose terrain in the area, it was determined that a hover extraction would be impossible, so the National Guard was activated. A Black Hawk helicopter was used to perform a hoist extraction and take the hiker to a Front Range hospital.
Editors Note: In full transparency with our viewers, News 5 has come to learn the hiker was a News 5 employee out on a weekend trek to complete the 14er on his own time. Out of respect for him and his family, we will not be identifying the individual. He is recovering at a hospital and is doing alright.
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