Utah Search and Rescue Volunteers Working Tirelessly During Pandemic It’s mid-April and despite an invisible enemy that’s put the world economy on gridlock and forced millions worldwide to shelter indoors, not a whole lot has changed for Utah’s search and rescue teams. Despite National Park closures, they are still busier than ever, if not even more so now, as temperatures rise and spring weather nicens. “Work for us […] Martin Kuprianowicz | April 21, 2020 0 Comments
20 Search and Rescue Volunteers Rescue Injured Man on Colorado Glacier At 10:15 a.m. on April 3, the Alpine Rescue Team received a call from Clear Creek County Sheriff’s dispatch about an unidentified man who was injured on the St. Mary’s Glacier snowfield about 10 miles northwest of Idaho Springs, Colorado. Because of his injuries, they responded with a Code 3. That, public information officer Dawn Wilson explained to The Denver […] SnowBrains | April 13, 2020 0 Comments
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema | Know What it is and What to Do According to the Mayo Clinic high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), not to be confused with pneumonia, is caused when the vessels in the lungs constrict, eventually making fluid leak to the lung tissues and into air sacs. Despite how uninviting and scary this sounds, especially to those who play or live in higher elevations it’s quite an important condition to […] Backcountry Mitchell Milbauer | February 1, 2020 0 Comments
Skier On First Date Requires Rescue After a Nasty Fall In “The Great One” Summer skiing is awesome but not without its hazards. The Gallatin County Sheriffs Office is reporting that a 23-year-old female (while on a first date) fell and required rescue while attempting to ski The Great One north of Bozeman, Montana on Wednesday evening at about 9:30 pm. The Great One is an aesthetic north-facing couloir that often holds snow late […] Crash Mike Lavery | August 9, 2019 0 Comments
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