Missing hiker, 74, dog found alive near Aspen after two days

Lina Portman4 weeks ago

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A 74-year-old woman and her Irish setter, Tawny, were found alive Tuesday after being lost for two days in the mountains near Aspen, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office.

Jennifer Hearn was reported missing at 8:39 p.m. Sunday when she failed to return from a hike on Triangle Peak, a steep and rocky trail in the Snowmass Canyon area of the Roaring Fork Valley, the county's office said. sheriff in a press release.

A volunteer search team from Mountain Rescue Aspen searched for Hearn and Tawny from about 9 p.m. Sunday until 2:40 a.m. Monday. Dozens of volunteers and first responders resumed their search at 8:17 a.m. Monday, including by plane and helicopter.

Search teams found Tawny, Hearn's 3-year-old brown Irish setter, near a home on Triangle Peak at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, allowing teams to focus the search on the steep, rock-covered slopes near the Woody Creek area, according to the sheriff's office.

Hearn was found at 3:15 p.m. on the scree fields on the side of Triangle Peak, sheriff's officials said in a news release. She is receiving medical treatment, but further details on her condition were not immediately available.

This is a developing story and may be updated.

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