Search and Rescue

A Christmas Miracle: California Woman Found Alive After a Cold Night Missing on Mt. Bachelor

  A 30-year-old California woman has been found alive and well after spending a cold Christmas night on the Volcano!  This news was certainly un-expected after Ashley Gingerich, 30, of Grass Valley, CA was found this morning by Deschutes County SAR.  Volunteers, alongside Deschutes County Sherrif’s Office, located her and walked her out of the trees of Mt. Bachelor this […]
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Chad Walker |
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Teton County Search and Rescue Team Release Winter 2019 Report | Least Fatalities in 6-Years

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The Teton County Search and Rescue Team just issued their 6-monthly rescue report, the mid-year review. The report is full of interesting data and statistics, including the details of every rescue they attended. Related: Teton County SAR are Concerned that Terrain Expansion at Grand Targhee, WY Will Increase Backcountry Rescues Interesting points to note: Winter 2019 had the least number of fatalities […]
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Inyo Search and Rescue Recover Dead Hiker from Middle Palisades Glacier, CA

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On Saturday, August 18, 2018, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Interagency Dispatch Center in Bishop of a deceased male subject on the northeast face of Middle Palisades Peak, California. The third hand reporting party described the area as the “Red Rock Route” at approximately 12,900”. On Sunday, August 19 two Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers began […]
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Rescue Rates Are Way Up In Utah’s National Parks with Millennial Men Somewhat to Blame

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The National Park Service in Utah went on 324 rescues last year, which is a 68 percent increase from 2014, the last time statistics were released.  The most common demographic needing assistance is men in their 20s, more specifically, hikers. Visitation at National Parks across the country is up and rising, and it’s no surprise that more and more people […]
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Mike Lavery |
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Recovered Body of Missing Bellingham Snowboarder Brings Closure for Friends and Family

A body recovered near Mt. Baker last Sunday is believed to be 24-year-old Bellingham resident Vitaliy Datskiy.  Datskiy was reported missing back in January after failing to meet his friends at the bottom of the lift. He was last seen going under a rope that marked a danger zone in the Panorama Dome area. Although Datskiy was riding in-bounds, more than 50 inches of […]
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Katy Shipley |
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Search and Rescue Called to Two Separate Incidents in the Same Day in Teton County, WY

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Search and rescue crews helped retrieve a snowboarder caught in an avalanche and two stuck snowmobilers in separate incidents in northwest Wyoming, reports the idahostatesman.com. Both incidents occurred Tuesday in Teton County. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports that at 12:19 pm, Teton County Search and Rescue responded to an avalanche on Teton Pass. Teton County Sheriff’s Lt. Matt Carr says […]
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