Visitor Rescued After Falling Into Glacier Creek

On the morning of July 6th, a 54-year-old woman from Enid, Oklahoma, was posing for a photograph next to Glacier Creek along Bear Lake Road when she slipped and fell and was swept 15 to 20 yards downstream before she was able to pull herself up on a rock and hold on to a shrub. Her husband drove to Moraine Park Visitor Center to get help. Rangers were on scene just after noon. They were able to use a rope to get a life jacket, helmet and additional clothing to the woman. Personnel from Estes Park Dive Rescue, Estes Park Volunteer Fire Department, and Estes Park Ambulance assisted the rangers. Dive Rescue deployed an inflatable boat to reach the woman and get her to dry land. A section of Bear Lake Road was closed for almost an hour during the incident. The woman suffered from hypothermia and a broken wrist and was taken by ambulance to Estes Park Medical Center.