Woman Killed In Rare Mountain Lion Attack On Colorado Hiking Trail

Red State ^ | January 02, 2026 | Ward Clark

[rktman]

Not rare for her.

[rktman]

Not rare for him.

[goodnesswins]

RIP...But I still think it is not good for a woman to go hiking alone

[PGR88]

Whether it was rare mountain lion, or a common garden-variety one doing the attack, the hiker is still dead.

[waterhill]

Sometimes I imagine our boy being 100 x bigger and killing us.

[jagusafr]

There’s a sign on the USAFA grounds warning that any trail might have a mountain lion on it and advising people to “make yourself look big”, or some such advice.

Colonel, USAF JAGC (Ret)

[ConjunctionJunction]

Not just women. About a year ago, a mountain lion attacked 2 brothers (ages 18 and 21). The 18-year-old survived, but the 21 year old did not.

https://apnews.com/article/california-mountain-lion-attack-brothers-92b8b951c5e8d62a889af494d2d3642d

[Vaduz]

She should remembered have gun will hike sad.

[Red Badger]

Probably not a good idea...............

[SaxxonWoods]

In Colorado, the most dangerous thing for you (once you are out of or off of your vehicle) is walking.

Last 30 years: Humans killed by mountain lions: 3.

Humans killed while walking around in the countryside: Estimated at 1050. And if the 3 killed by lions hadn’t been out walking, they wouldn’t have died!

[Dr. Sivana]

Not rare for him.

What? Extremely rare. She was raw.

[No name given]

At all.

[reasonisfaith]

You could say rare, but for the woman the frequency was 100%.

[Mean Daddy]

My former manager was moving to Colorado and she knew I owned guns, she said her husband and two boys wanted to buy guns for when the hike. Told her to make sure whatever gun the got, to be sure it had a 4 in the caliber. Never heard from her again but I found out the house they bought was on a mountain with several acres.

[Salamander]

“Rare”

🙄

[Cold Heart]

Don’t know where you get your info from but we’ve had that many just on the West Coast in that time period.

[Red Badger]

4?

Works for me.............

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_bore#:~:text=Four%20bore%20or%204%20bore,later%20Marks%20of%20Supermarine%20Spitfire.

[Red Badger]

It’s rare because it only happens once per person...........

[Sirius Lee]

Not rare for him.

Unless he cooked her, he had it rare.