Man injured above Helen Hunt Falls

A 32-year-old man suffered serious head and shoulder injuries Monday when he fell about 50 feet while ice climbing in North Cheyenne Cañon Park, Colorado Springs fire Capt. Dean Folkerts said. The climber and a companion were trying to retrieve a rope at Silver Cascade Falls, above Helen Hunt Falls, when the man fell down a series of slabs, Folkerts said.

The injured man was able to walk, and his companion was trying to help him down the trail when the Fire Department's high-angle rescue crew arrived, Folkerts said. He was taken to Memorial Hospital. No names were released.