An injured hiker was rescued on Saturday after taking a 200-foot fall on Buckskin Pass and sustaining non-life-threatening injuries.

According to a Facebook post from Mountain Rescue Aspen (MRA), the Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center got a report of an injured hiker on Buckskin Pass in the Maroon Bells Snowmass Wilderness Area at about 2:17 p.m. on Saturday. The hiker had reportedly fallen approximately 200 feet and sustained injuries.

MRA deployed three field teams of 12 members to help the hiker make it to the trailhead. The rescuers got to the trailhead at about 3:05 p.m. and started hiking towards the subject’s location, which was about three and a half miles from the trailhead at an elevation of around 11,300 feet.

Rescuers made contact with the hiker at 3:46 p.m. The subject was already being assisted by their partner, bystanders, and the Pitkin County backcountry ranger. MRA members conducted a medical assessment, stabilized injuries, and helped the hiker back down to the trailhead.

They got back to the trailhead by 5:06 p.m. The subject was taken to Aspen Valley Hospital by Aspen Ambulance and given further care. All of the MRA rescuers were out of the field by 5:45 p.m.

The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office reminds climbers and hikers to “be prepared for potential injuries in technical terrain, dress appropriately for changing mountain conditions, bring technical gear appropriate for the route, and to carry a two-way satellite communication device when traveling in remote areas where cell service may be unavailable.”

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