11/29/2016 – Lost Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Diamond Peak Ski Resort to search for a missing 70yo female hiker. Her husband had dropped her off at the north entrance to the Incline flume trail at 2:00p.m., but she did not meet him at the resort at the designated pick-up time of 5:00p.m. Some calls and texts were exchanged between the two, and then her phone went dead. Ground teams were sent in from three locations – the north entrance to the trail, from Tyrolia Village, and from the mid-way point of Diamond Peak Ski Resort (transported by UTVs). After approximately 90 minutes, one of the ground teams located possible tracks, then shortly after, got voice contact. When she was located, the subject was given snacks, fluids, and warm clothing. The hike out was guided by RAVEN, since they were off trail, coming down a steep drainage. When the ground teams and the subject arrived at staging, she refused medical, then was reunited with her husband.