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Colorado Parks and Wildlife crews conduct recovery at Chatfield State Park

Colorado Parks and Wildlife crews, along with other first responders, continued a recovery at Chatfield State Park on Friday, a day after crews first responded to a rescue call. 

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Search crews at Chatfield Reservoir on July 3, 2026. CBS

According to CPW, South Metro Fire Rescue and West Metro Fire Rescue crews responded to Chatfield Reservoir just before 6 p.m. Thursday. CPW confirmed that crews continued searching overnight. Recovery operations resumed at 9 a.m. Friday. 

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A sign at Chatfield State Park as crews conducted a search. CBS

That part of the search area of the reservoir was closed to park visitors during recovery efforts, including the South Wakeless Area.

What happened leading up to the rescue call is being investigated. 

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Chatfield State Park  CBS
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