1/25/2017 – Missing Snowboarder

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Mt. Rose Ski Resort parking lot to search for a missing snowboarder in the Galena Creek drainage. The snowboarder had started from the summit parking area and was planning on exiting at Sky Tavern. During his excursion, he broke a binding on his snowboard. Two cross-country skiers came across him in the Atoma area, and said that he should follow them to the highway. He declined, saying he felt it was too much uphill for him. His wife contacted 911 and reported that he was missing, and she stated that he had three percent battery level on his phone when they last communicated. RAVEN was asked to assist and was to pick up two Hasty members at the Mt. Rose Ski area parking lot. One ground team was deployed just above the Atoma area. Just before RAVEN was going to land, the wife of the missing subject drove into the parking lot and stated that her husband was at Sky Tavern with his father. She then returned to Sky Tavern. Not long afterwards, all three arrived at the parking lot to talk to SAR command.