Boulder County rescue crews recovered the body Monday of a 44-year-old Denver woman who died after 100-foot fall from Paiute Peak over the weekend.

According to a news release, the woman and her friend were descending from the summit at about 2 p.m. Sunday when the woman slipped and fell about 100 feet down a snow bank and into a crevasse.

The woman’s friend was able to climb down and reach her and attempted medical aid — including CPR — for the next several hours. The man believed the woman died while he was with her, and left the scene to try to make a call for help, since he did not have cell phone reception.

Rescuers were called at 8:20 p.m. Sunday and tried to reach the woman, but were not able to on Sunday night because of the terrain and remote location.

Crews were finally able to reach the woman this morning at about 8:40 a.m., and pronounced her dead.

Her body was airlifted at 11:30 a.m. Monday by a Colorado National Guard helicopter, according to Cmdr. Mike Wagner.

Sheriff’s deputies worked with Rocky Mountain Rescue Group and Flight for Life, which provided aerial reconnaissance for the recovery.

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office will conduct an investigation into the woman’s death. Her name is not yet being released pending notification of her next of kin.

Paiute Peak is located on the western boundary of Boulder County on the Continental Divide in the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area. The closest trail access to Paiute Peak is from the Mitchell Lake Trailhead at Brainard Lake.

The woman’s body was estimated to be at an elevation of 13,000 feet, just a few hundred feet below the peak summit, and is estimated to be at least eight miles from the trailhead.

The body is the second found near the Mitchell Lake Trailhead this month. On July 11, a 49-year-old man from Thornton fell to his death while hiking the trail.

Mitchell Byars: 303-473-1329, byarsm@dailycamera.com or twitter.com/mitchellbyars