Forest service searching for llama on the loose near Colorado fourteener
susanna cesareo
There’s a llama on the loose in Colorado, roaming below the forest of America’s most famous mountain – Pikes Peak.
The Forest Service is asking the public for help in chasing down a llama running loose near Pikes Peak around the Devil’s Playground area. The lost llama is believed to be roaming near Crags Campground, Devil’s Playground Trailhead, and Putney Gulch trailhead, the Pike and San Isabel National Forests said in a tweet on Friday.
Alert Update: Likely areas of lost llama includes Crags Campground, Devil’s Playground trailhead and Putney Gulch trailhead. Please call the Pike’s Peak RD at 719-636-1602 if found or spotted.
— USFS_Pike&San Isabel (@PSICC_NF) July 23, 2021
Pikes Peak is a popular fourteener located on the southern Front Range of Colorado. The 14,115-foot summit is situated in Pike National Forest, just 12 miles west of downtown Colorado Springs.
It’s unclear at the time how the llama became loose below the mountain. Anyone who sees the llama is asked to call the Pike’s Peak Ranger District at 719-636-1602.