Skier Rescued with Life Threatening Leg Injury from Avalanche at Mt Washington, NH A skier identified as Dominick Torro of Bow, New Hampshire, was skiing down “Airplane Gully” in the Great Gulf on Mount Washington, New Hampshire, with a friend when the duo triggered an avalanche on Saturday, December 9, 2023, around 11:35 a.m. According to a press release by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division, Torro suffered a life-threatening […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 12, 2023 0 Comments
Rescue Group Saves Dog That Fell 600 Feet from Torrey’s Peak, CO Around 1:00 p.m. on July 2, 2023, frantic pet owners dialed 911 after watching their dog walk off the east face of 14,200 feet Torrey’s Peak in Colorado. The pet owners didn’t know if their dog was alive or not, but hope was dwindling as they could no longer see Zola, the 3-year-old Aussiedoodle. Alpine Rescue Team, a group based […] Climbing Tyler Hatch | July 6, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Insane Helmet Cam Footage of Annapurna Rescue of Anurag Maloo Anurag Maloo fell down a crevasse while descending from Camp III on Mount Annapurna, the world’s tenth highest mountain, on Monday, April 17, 2023. The Indian climber had fallen down a crevasse in Nepal at around 19,685ft (6,000m), just below the high avalanche zone. He had been descending when he had slipped and accidentally had grabbed the wrong rope. His […] Climbing SnowBrains | April 25, 2023 1 Comment
Skier Rescued After 3 Days Stranded Inside Mountain Hut in French Alps Aurélie Dutertre, a 46-year-old French mountaineer was stranded in the Alps for three days and four nights. Dutertre found refuge in a small wooden hut on the Sept Laux mountain in the French Alps after a snowstorm hit while she was alone in the backcountry. Related: Teton County Search & Rescue Conducts 2 Heli Rescues in 1 Day, Including a […] Backcountry Luke Guilford | April 25, 2023 0 Comments
Teton County Search & Rescue Conducts 2 Heli Rescues in 1 Day, Including a Skier Fall on Iconic Cody Peak Near Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY Teton Country Search & Rescue had two back-to-back helicopter rescue missions on Saturday, March 18. One involved a skier who fell roughly 700 feet down the iconic Central Couloir on Cody Peak near Jackson Hole Mountain Resort while the other involved a missing snowmobiler in the Palisades area of the Snake Creek backcountry zone. Due to TCSAR’s heroic efforts, all […] Backcountry SnowBrains | March 21, 2023 0 Comments
2 Skiers Required Midnight Rescue From Backcountry After Leaving Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, WY This write-up originally appeared on the Teton County Search and Rescue website On Saturday night, January 28, Teton County Search & Rescue volunteers were called to respond to help two skiers who’d become lost in the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort backcountry. It ended up being a late night for search teams. The rescued men have been cooperative and are regretting […] SnowBrains | January 31, 2023 0 Comments
2 Climbers Who Ignored Closed Signs on Matterhorn and Had to Be Rescued Issued Fines and Helicopter Bill Two climbers that ignored closed signs on the Matterhorn got in to trouble on the iconic peak on Monday and had to call to be rescued. The pair were then slapped with fines for breaking the rules and the bill for the helicopter rescue. The mountain has been closed since August 2nd, 2022, after a major rockslide, caused by the melting […] SnowBrains | September 1, 2022 0 Comments
Series of Problems and Mistakes Led to 2 Backcountry Skiers Spending a Night in the Mountains Before Being Rescued Two backcountry skiers learned some hard lessons last week after spending an unexpected night in the mountains and requiring a rescue the following day. Summit County Rescue Group was called on July 17 to rescue two backcountry skiers that were overdue in the Gore Range, CO. Related: Could You Survive An Unplanned Night Out in the Mountains? The two experienced […] SnowBrains | July 21, 2022 2 Comments
[PHOTOS] California Man’s Dog Leads Rescuers to Him After He Fell and Suffered Serious Injuries CalFire requested search and rescue crews on Thursday to assist in searching for a 53-year-old male that had fallen approximately 70 feet and complained of a broken hip and ribs. But it was the victim’s border collie dog that ultimately saved the day and led rescue crews to his location. 25 SAR Members responded and located the subject but the […] SnowBrains | July 18, 2022 1 Comment
[VIDEO] Pilot Balances Blackhawk Helicopter on Ridge During Rescue Mission on Mt. Hood, OR Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office deputies launched a search-and-rescue mission after a climber fell several hundred feet near the Old Chute area of Mt. Hood, OR. The climber was transported off the mountain with serious injuries to an area hospital. At around 6:30 am on Saturday, July 2 a 43-year-old man from Happy Valley was climbing Mt. Hood, when he fell […] Climbing CragBrains | July 5, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Woman Injured by Avalanche in Argentina Rescued After 7 Hours A woman injured by an avalanche near Ushuaia, Argentina, yesterday was successfully extracted by rescuers after a grueling seven-hour rescue in the midst of a snow storm. The woman was unable to walk and had to be pulled off the mountainside in a sled. Skiers in the Cerro Godoy area near the Martial Glacier—the same area as the woman […] Avalanche Martin Kuprianowicz | June 22, 2022 0 Comments
2 Michigan Men Illegally Snowmobiling in Wyoming Wilderness Area Rescued Twice in Same Week Teton County Search and Rescue were called out for a rescue on Sunday after two Michigan men illegally rode their snowmobiles into a clearly marked wilderness area and became stranded on the backside of Wyoming’s Angle Mountain. Jackson Hole News and Guide reports that the same search and rescue crews were called back again on Wednesday to rescue the same […] SnowBrains | March 4, 2022 11 Comments
Dog Missing After Caldor Fire Found Alive Months Later Almost four months since the Caldor Fire ripped through Northern California, many people evacuated their homes leaving many of their belongings, for some that included pets. One lucky dog, Russ was able to survive for months after separation from his owners. Amid the chaos of the evacuation, a dog named Russ got separated from his owners. Along with many other […] Fire Aunika Skogen | January 11, 2022 0 Comments
21 People Spend Night Suspended at 10,000 Feet on Broken Tram at Sandia Peak Ski Area, NM on New Year’s As the last work shift of 2021 was drawing to a close for the 20 staff of the Ten 3 restaurant located at the top of Sandia peak (10,300′) in Albuquerque, NM, all that was remaining was the 15-minute aerial tramway commute back down to the valley floor. It was New Year’s Eve. At the same time, a Sandia peak […] Industry News Martin Elliott | January 10, 2022 0 Comments
Free Avalanche Course Being Offered in Park City, UT on November 2nd The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is hosting a free avalanche rescue and safety course in Park City tomorrow. The event is open and running anytime between 4-7 pm, admission is free, and it is taking place at Matt Knoop Memorial Park in the heart of Park City. In regards to the Community Avalanche Rescue Practice event, the UAC wrote: “The […] Avalanche Jesse | November 1, 2021 0 Comments
Ultra-Marathon Runners Rescued After 12-18″ of Snow Dumped on Utah’s Wasatch Mountains It was a lovely day for an ultra marathon until a foot-and-a-half of snow dumped on the unprepared runners’ intended route. Local rescue teams were forced to extract more than 80 ultra-marathoners from Utah’s Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City on Saturday after extreme weather dumped 12 to 18 inches of snow, causing near white-out conditions during the DC Peaks 50 […] SnowBrains | October 11, 2021 3 Comments
Search For Former Navy Seal Missing in Yellowstone Moves From Rescue to Recovery After five days of searching, efforts to locate Kim Crumbo at Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park transitioned from rescue to recovery on September 24. Park search and rescue crews located the body of his step-brother Mark O’Neill along the east shore of Shoshone Lake in Yellowstone National Park Monday, September 20. Related: 1 Body Found and Another Man, a Former Navy Seal, Still Missing in Yellowstone National Park O’Neill, 67, […] SnowBrains | September 27, 2021 0 Comments
Skier Without Helmet Suffers Serious Head Injuries After Sliding Into ‘Jagged Rocks’ on Tuckerman Ravine, NH View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mt Washington Avalanche Center (@mwacenter) On Sunday, May 30, at approximately 1:20 pm, a Mount Washington Volunteer Ski Patroller radioed the USFS lead snow ranger to report that a skier had taken a sliding fall down a 35-degree snow slope into Lunch Rocks in Tuckerman Ravine, NH. A short […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 1, 2021 0 Comments
Hikers Dressed in Just Shorts and T-Shirts Airlifted Out of Steamboat Springs, CO Wilderness After Weather Changed Routt County Search and Rescue volunteers spent ten hours rescuing a couple in the Steamboat Springs, CO wilderness on Sunday after the weather changed and they were stranded in just shorts and t-shirts. Related: Could You Survive An Unplanned Night Out in the Mountains? The hikers started at Mad Creek trailhead, and by 4:30 pm were about halfway between there […] SnowBrains | May 4, 2021 1 Comment
Californian Mountain Biker Left Clinging On For Life Hundreds of Feet Above the Ground After Going Over Cliff A mountain biker who went over the side of a cliff wound up hanging upside down and clinging on for his life hundreds of feet off the ground while crews worked out how best to rescue him. Related: Twitter Comes to the Rescue of Hiker Missing in Angeles National Forest, CA The biker, known only as ‘an older man,’ was […] Biking CycleBrains | April 20, 2021 2 Comments
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