Hiker injured after falling off trail at Red Rocks in Colorado

A hiker was injured on Christmas Eve after falling 20 feet from a trail near the visitor center at Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre.

West Metro Fire Rescue first posted about the rescue operation at 4:23 p.m. Wednesday. By that time, paramedics had already taken the hiker to the hospital in critical condition, the agency said.

Limited information was available about the Wednesday incident, but West Metro officials said members of the agency’s technical team hiked up the trail to carry the unidentified patient out to a waiting ambulance.

West Metro officials did not specify which trail the hiker fell from.