Rescuers Save Moose Trapped In Window Well Near Keystone

· Mar. 12, 2019, 1:22 pm

Photo: Summit Fire Moose Rescue Keystone - courtesy — Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Summit Fire & EMS rescued a moose that had become trapped in a window well in Keystone on Sunday, March 10, 2019.

Rescuers in Colorado hauled a bull moose to safety after it became trapped in a window well.

Summit Daily reported Sunday that rescuers first tranquilized the animal Saturday night before attempting a rescue from the five-foot-deep enclosure at a private home about 77 miles west of Denver.

Authorities say they erected a pulley system to lift the young male weighing between 800 and 1,000 pounds that may have been trying to avoid snowdrifts by walking close to the house.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife personnel, local fire and emergency services and Keystone ski resort employees assisted in the rescue.

A parks spokesman says the operation took nearly six hours and included 30 to 35 people.

The moose returned to the woods without any injuries.

You care.

You want to know what is really going on these days, especially in Colorado. We can help you keep up. The Lookout is a free, daily email newsletter with news and happenings from all over Colorado. Sign up here and we will see you in the morning!