Woman killed in suspected mountain lion attack while hiking in northern Colorado

"Shortly before noon, two hikers encountered a mountain lion near the woman's body along a remote section of the Crosier Mountain trail, which is on a national forest. The hikers threw rocks at the animal to scare it from the immediate area so they could try to help the woman, Van Hoose said. One of the hikers was a physician who attended to the victim and did not find a pulse, she said."

"Sightings of mountain lions are common in the forested area where the suspected attack occurred, but there have not been any recent documented attacks on humans, Van Hoose said. "This is a very common time of year to take mountain lion sightings and reports and especially in Larimer County, where this is very good mountain lion habitat," she said. "Trails in this area are in pretty remote land, so it's wooded, it's rocky, there's elevation gains and dips.""

A woman hiking alone on a remote section of the Crosier Mountain trail in northern Colorado was killed in a suspected mountain lion attack. Two hikers found the body and encountered a mountain lion; they threw rocks to drive it off while one hiker, a physician, checked for a pulse and found none. Colorado Parks and Wildlife located and fatally shot two mountain lions later the same day while searching the area. Mountain lion sightings are common in Larimer County's wooded, rocky terrain. Fatal attacks are rare; Colorado's last suspected fatal mountain lion attack was in 1999.

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