Colorado Hunter Dies After Fall

Reports surfaced on the Internet late Sunday evening that a Colorado mountain goat hunter has died after suffering major trauma in a tragic alpine fall near Aspen.

According to various media reports, the hunter, an as-yet-unidentified Jefferson County, Colorado, man, was discovered by a climber descending from North Maroon Peak near Aspen.

The peak is a part of the famous Maroon Bells, twin 14,000-foot-plus peaks situated near Aspen in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness area.

Often described as the most photographed spot in Colorado, the twin peaks – a part of the Elk Mountain range – have a deadly past.

So much so that Wikipedia reports that the...