Overview

• A 911 call at 5:09 p.m. reported a man in distress near a kayak at the south end of the reservoir, and rangers arrived within 12 minutes.
• An off-duty Loveland firefighter began the search before multiple agencies joined and located the kayak without finding the man.
• The response transitioned from rescue to recovery around 7 p.m., with the Larimer County Sheriff's Office leading and Colorado Parks and Wildlife's marine team joining.
• Larimer County closed the area south of Dam 1 during the search, kept the north end open, and asked visitors to avoid the closed zone.
• Officials interviewed witnesses as storms from earlier in the day had cleared, and the cause of the incident remains undetermined.