Man falls off horse at Glacier

The Daily Inter Lake

A man who fell from a horse Thursday was shuttled through Glacier Park to Kalispell Regional Medical Center. His injuries were not life threatening.

Sam Scoufos, 26, from Australia fell from a horse on the Piegan Pass Horse Trail in Many Glacier. He was with a group of people riding with park concessionaire Mule Shoe Outfitters.

Park rangers stabilized Scoufos. He was carried in a wheeled litter to the Lake Josephine boat dock. From there, he went by boat to the Swiftcurrent boat dock and then to the Many Glacier Hotel boat dock. Babb ambulance took him to the Many Glacier helispot, where ALERT helicopter picked him and flew him to Kalispell Regional Medical Center.

On Wednesday evening, a woman called 911 to say she thought she and her boyfriend were at Lower Quartz Lake, but she wasn't sure.

Her boyfriend had suffered some seizures, she told the dispatcher. He was unhurt, but they were tired of hiking and didn't know which direction to go.

The dispatcher contacted park officials, who went to help the disoriented couple.