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Search and Rescue recovers 11 year old
Search and rescue crews recovered the body of the missing 11-year-old boy Friday from the Arkansas River in Browns Canyon. Drake Durkee, from Golden, was thrown from his raft at Big Drop Rapid Wednesday during a commercial rafting trip. His body was found just downstream of the site where he went into the water.
Chaffee County North End Search and Rescue Respond to Injured Hiker on Missouri Mountain
At 12:04 p.m. today, the Chaffee County Communications Center received a broken 911 call from a party who had fallen during his decent of Missouri Mountain.
Search and Rescue retrieves Mount Princeton hiker
After a Mount Princeton climber found himself a little over his head Thursday, Chaffee County Search and Rescue-North was deployed to bring him safely off the mountain.
Fairplay Resident Flown by Helicopter from Dirt Bike Crash
A 30 year old Fairplay man was flown by helicopter from the scene of a dirt bike crash in the Four Mile Area Saturday evening.
Search and rescue volunteers assist stranded snowmobiler
Two snowmobilers were assisted by rescue personnel after they were stranded overnight on Cottonwood Pass.
Hikers survive overnight bivouac on La Plata Peak
Two hikers emerged exhausted but unscathed Sunday after surviving an unplanned overnight bivouac on La Plata Peak.
CCSAR-N 2014 Mission Summary
2014 was even busier than 2013 for CCSAR-N. The year started out with two very serious winter mountaineering incidents.
Chaffee County Search and Rescue-North thanked
When someone’s saved your life, finding an adequate thank-you isn’t easy. Brandon Simmons found himself in just such a dilemma last January when he regained consciousness in the hospital after surviving a horrific fall on Mount Princeton. He owed his life to Chaffee County Search and Rescue-North, who launched a successful mission to save Simmons and his two hiking partners
Texan hikes out after 2-day search
Kishore Joshi, 46, Houston, Texas, the subject of weekend search efforts by Chaffee County Search and Rescue, returned to safety early Sunday evening, according to a Monday release from the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office.
Man and teenage daughter rescued from Mt Yale
A man hiking on Mount Yale with his sixteen-year-old daughter was assisted off the mountain by volunteers from the county’s search and rescue team during a nighttime mission Friday evening. Neither the man nor his young daughter was injured during the incident.
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