CO Gives Fundraiser to Purchase an E-Mountain Bike
While experience is the best way to learn, CCSAR-N would rather you NOT get your experience during a backcountry rescue. But if you get in trouble we will be there for you, at no cost to you. Our team of volunteers wake up in the middle of the night, miss family events and many dinners to assist people in distress in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. While CCSAR-N can receive funds from The Colorado Outdoor Recreation Search and Rescue (CORSAR) Card program for expense reimbursements CCSAR-N is funded 100% through donations and grants. Our Organization is actively involved in making a difference in people’s lives 24/7 no matter the conditions. Stuck on a cliff- we’ll be there. Hurt in the backcountry- we’ll get you out. Lost, scared and tired- we can help with that too. While we are always ready to help but sometimes we need a little help ourselves. We are raising funds for the purchase of an E-mountain bike, which will allow us to locate and treat victims in as little as a third of the time it takes a hiking team. We request you kindly make a donation to Chaffee County Search and Rescue North through the Colorado Gives program (link below). Any amount helps and is appreciated. Chaffee Co Search & Rescue E-Mountain Bike | Colorado Gives...Hikers rescued by helicopter ahead of storm
Michael A. Rodriguez, Chaffee County Times reporter Aug 24, 2022 Chaffee County Search and Rescue–North saved two climbers trapped above treeline as storms rolled through Sunday afternoon, Aug. 14. The climbers went off route and decided to climb out on the Ellingwood Ridge route of La Plata Peak. They contacted search and rescue after being unable to ascend or descend from their position 200 feet below the ridge. The climbers reported they were unharmed, only unable to move. They also reported that inclement weather had passed them previously and that more appeared to be headed their way. CCSAR-N advised the climbers that it could be several hours before they could be rescued due to resource availability and told them to stay where they were. It was decided that due to the climbers’ location, weather forecast and fading daylight, the best option would be to use a helicopter to insert a team and retrieve the climbers. In the event a helicopter would be unable to fly due to weather, a team was sent by ground to the LaPlata trailhead. REACH Air Medical Services and Cañon City Helitack were both contacted for assistance. Both of the aircraft carried two CCSAR-N team members directly to the site, Reach dropping two members above the ridge where the climbers were stuck and Helitack dropping two members directly at the climbers’ location. On site, CCSAR-N determined that the best course of action was to have Helitack extract the climbers from their current position rather than attempt to help the climbers ascend or descend. Search and rescue loaded the climbers into the helicopter and flew them out...S&R responds to altitude sickness callout
Michael A Rodriguez, Chaffee County Times reporter, 7/28/22 Chaffee County Search and Rescue–North responded to the aid of a hiker at 13,340 feet on the side of Mount Yale Thursday evening. The hiker was reported to be suffering from altitude sickness and was not feeling well July 21, Search and Rescue-North reported on its Facebook page. The hiker was prepared for the hike with water, food, and a flashlight and had reported that they had been drinking lots of water. CCSAR-N instructed the hiker to continue moving down the the mountain and suggested that they try to eat some food to replenish sodium in case they had accidentally flushed it from their system with drinking so much water. The search team met with the hiker and while they brought a stretcher, they did not need or require it. The hiker walked down the mountain without further assistance and the search team was out of the field by 9...S&R gets two callouts Saturday
Michael A Rodriguez, Chaffee County Times Jun 1, 2022 Chaffee County Search and Rescue-North responded to two calls for aid Memorial Day weekend. One call came at 3:45 p.m., Saturday, May 28 from a hiker who was separated from his hiking partner and was suffering from altitude sickness while hiking Mt. Princeton, according to a post on CCSAR-N’s Facebook page. Four members each from Chaffee County Search and Rescue-North and -South took to the field and met the man at 13,500 feet. There they assessed his condition, administered oxygen and helped him hike down the mountain. The group arrived safely back at base at 9 p.m. that night. The second call came earlier that day at 9:45 a.m. from a solo climber cliffed-out below the ridge between the summit of Missouri Mountain and Elkhead Pass. He said he slid 400 feet and was unable to ascend or descend. The climber was able to send out an emergency distress call from his personal locator beacon and CCSAR-N immediately responded. Unable to send a team in via helicopter due to strong winds, CCSAR-N had a team of seven climbers hike to the site via the Missouri Gulch Trailhead. From there CCSAR-N had two of the climbers ascend to a coulior west of the stranded climber’s position and traverse over to his location. Upon reaching the stranded climber, the team was able to lower them down to a snow field and then rappelled down the cliff themselves. From there Search and Rescue-North escorted the climber out to the Missouri Gulch Trailhead. The team left the site at 7:30 p.m., the operation taking...Donate to CCSARN
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