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A search and rescue helicopter lands at the Jenny Lake rescue cache near Lupine Meadows in Grand Teton National Park in a 2012 file photo of a short-haul extraction of an imperiled climber from the Teewinot Mountain area. (Yellowstone Gate\/Ruffin Prevost )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From Staff Reports<\/h3>\n

A Colorado man died Thursday after falling into icy water during his descent from a successful climb to the summit of Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park.<\/p>\n

Gary Miller, 55, from Colorado Springs, Colo. was descending from the Lower Saddle of the Grand Teton on Thursday afternoon when he slipped on snow and slid into a pool of icy water in the North Fork of Garnet Canyon.<\/p>\n

Miller was guided on the climb by one of the park\u2019s authorized concessioners, according to a statement released by the Grand Teton public affairs office.<\/p>\n

Climbing guides were able to remove Miller from the water while they waited for rangers to arrive at the site.<\/p>\n

Six rangers were flown by helicopter to a temporary landing zone near Miller’s location in Garnet Canyon. Rescuers raised Miller to a site where he could be flown in a rescue litter to Lupine Meadows.<\/p>\n

Rescuers used the short-haul method, where the subject is strapped into a stretcher and suspended by a line below the helicopter, with a ranger attending the subject at the end of the line.<\/p>\n

Rescuers were met at Lupine Meadows by a team of park medical providers waiting to fly Miller to Idaho Falls, but he was pronounced dead at 8:35 p.m. at the Lupine Meadows site.<\/p>\n

Park officials have not released additional details about the incident pending completion of an investigation.<\/p>\n

Grand Teton rangers also assisted with another incident in nearby Buffalo Valley in which Jackson Hole Fire\/EMS asked for assistance in response to a man suffering a heart attack.\u00a0 A park ambulance and six rangers assisted, but the 56-year-old man, whose name was not released by park officials, was pronounced dead after nearly an hour of resuscitation efforts.<\/p>\n

Grand Teton rangers handled a third call as well on Thursday, successfully rescuing a Wyoming man who fell while climbing Mount Owen, a peak nearly 13,000 feet high.<\/p>\n

Jeff Judkins, 38, of Lander, Wyo. and his climbing partner were on an ascent of the Crescent Ar\u00eate, an 11,200-foot section of the mountain described by park officials as a technically difficult route that is rarely climbed.<\/p>\n

A large rock broke free as Judkins was pushing himself onto it and he fell about 15 feet before striking a sloping ledge below and falling another five feet before his climbing protection caught him. Neither Judkins nor his partner was struck by the rock as it broke free.<\/p>\n

Two park rangers were inserted via short-haul to a nearby ledge just before 5 p.m. and they prepared the two climbers for short-haul extrication from the accident site to Lupine Meadows. The rescue was completed at 5:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Additional details on Judkins’ condition were not immediately available.<\/p>\n

Contact Yellowstone Gate at 307-213-9818 or info@yellowstonegate.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Gary Miller, 55, from Colorado Springs, Colo. was descending from the Lower Saddle of the Grand Teton on Thursday afternoon when he slipped on snow and slid into a pool of icy water in the North Fork of Garnet Canyon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[313,976],"tags":[145,1044,142,1045,143,128],"yoast_head":"\nClimber dies after falling into icy water on descent from Grand Teton - Yellowstone Gate<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Colorado man died Thursday after falling during his descent from a successful summit of Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowstonegate.com\/?p=7964\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Climber dies after falling into icy water on descent from Grand Teton - 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