Alpine Rescue Team saved Zola, a three-year-old Aussiedoodle that fell about 600 feet at Torreys Peak on Sunday, July 2, 2023, carrying her from the top of a couloir in a makeshift harness.
(Alpine Rescue Team/Courtesy image through Summit Daily)
When Alpine Rescue Team reacted to a call around 1 p.m. Sunday, July 2, about a dog that had actually fallen from Torreys Peak, a 14,000-foot top simply east of Summit County, the animal owners had no concept if the dog lived.
Zola, the 3-year-old Aussiedoodle had actually gone off the east side of the Colorado 14er, “which is pretty sheer,” according to rescue group member and representative Jake Smith, however the dog’s owners didn’t understand how far the dog had actually fallen or where it was precisely situated.
“There was definitely a part of them that was probably preparing for the worst,” Smith said. “When we met them at the top, they were pretty somber. As they learned the dog was alive and we were going to move forward with the rescue, I think they were pretty ecstatic.”
