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Search and Rescue finds missing hikers
Local search crews located and rescued a pair of missing Denver hikers who were found uninjured Thursday in the Missouri Gulch area.
Search and Rescue Responds to Dual Calls for Help
On Monday, July 20th, 2015 at approximately 2:13 p.m. the Chaffee County Communications Center received a 911 call from a lost hiker on Mt. Shavano. Nearly thirty minutes later, they received another, unrelated 911 call for help from two hikers below the summit of Mt. Columbia.
Search & Rescue retrieves injured mountain biker, helps lost hikers, responds to high country rollover
Chaffee County emergency responders retrieved an injured mountain biker, a 55-year-old Virginia man, July 17 on Alpine Tunnel trail. Their first indication of the accident was through a SPOT device that had been activated at about 2:45 p.m. Undersheriff Derek Bos said SPOT devices relay the GPS coordinates of an emergency, but they provide little other information.
Mt Yale Lightning Incident
Three hikers are injured and one was killed by a lightning strike on Mt. Yale earlier this afternoon.
Air Force Academy Professor found injured but alive on Colorado cliff
An Air Force Academy professor missing for two days after a hike in Chaffee County has been found injured but alive, the Academy said just after 4 p.m. Tuesday.
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.
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