Overview
- Colorado Parks and Wildlife said it responded around 5 p.m. Thursday to a suspected mountain lion attack south of Glen Haven in unincorporated Larimer County.
- Local media, including Denver7 as cited by FOX 13, reported that one person was killed, and officials had not released additional details.
- The Glen Haven Area Volunteer Fire Department closed the three Crosier trailheads—Glen Haven, Rainbow, and Garden Gate—as well as the Houston Heights Trailhead and urged people to avoid the area.
- The incident area is near Crosier Mountain, roughly seven miles northeast of Estes Park, according to agency updates.
- Authorities described the situation as developing, and CPW data show 25 injury-causing mountain lion attacks in Colorado since 1990 with very few fatalities.