Missing climber’s body found, lifted from base of couloir in Sangre de Cristo mountains
A helicopter rescue crew on Tuesday observed and eradicated the entire body of a solo 41-12 months-old climber killed following falling from a ridge down a gulley significant in Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo mountains.
Mountain climber Luis Corkern, noted lacking just after reaching the summit of Package Carson Peak about 4 p.m. Saturday, “apparently fell from the ridge down the Kirk Couloir, which lies concerning Kit Carson Peak and Challenger stage,” in accordance to a Saguache County Sheriff’s Department bulletin Tuesday night.

A Custer County Search and Rescue staff traveling in a state firefighting helicopter hovered around the space and noticed Corkern’s overall body in the vicinity of where by he fell, the bulletin reported. Crew members climbed to the system. “Corkern’s continues to be were being lifted from the mountain,” the bulletin reported.
It was the second working day of a research re-launched Tuesday morning just after as well a lot wind and lightning on Monday compelled crews to slash brief their original lookup initiatives.
Saguache and Custer county authorities declined to supply a lot more info.
A multi-agency research, utilizing the Colorado Office of Hearth Avoidance and Management helicopter, involved dropping complex climbers into the location atop the Sangre de Cristo mountains, found in southern Colorado.
More than the weekend, authorities had learned from other climbers who recalled passing Corkern alongside a trail, that he likely planned to descend around the Challenger place and a common route. Corkern didn’t make it back to his automobile, parked at a trailhead over the town of Crestone in the San Luis Valley.
The authorities conveyed condolences to his close friends and loved ones.
Kit Carson Peak towers over the valley, about 5.2 miles east of Crestone.
An ice patch complicates climbing on the west face of the peak. During summers, thunderstorms and lightning frequently produce challenges. Fatalities also manifest when climbers descend the peak close to the couloir and the Challenger stage, which can glance like a shorter route down but leads to ice fields and free rock earlier mentioned sheer cliffs. Searchers in the earlier have recovered other bodies at the base of the couloir.