Denver woman falls 900 feet to her death near summit of Colorado mountain

A climber died on Saturday after falling about 900 feet from below the summit of Colorado's Capitol Peak, which is among the nation's tallest mountains and considered one of the state's most difficult to scale.

from below the summit of Colorado's Capitol Peak, which is among the nation's tallest mountains and considered one of the state's most difficult to scale, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office.

Her body was recovered over the weekend after a witness, who was hiking with a group, reported seeing a solo climber fall from a point on Capitol Peak estimated to be between 1,500 and 2,000 feet below the summit. The woman fell to her death into Pierre Lakes Basin, which sits in rocky terrain beneath the mountain.Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images

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