Yearly Archives: 2015

12/28/2015 – Overdue Snowshoer

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and RAVEN responded to the Mt. Rose Summit to search for a snowshoer that was last heard from at 2:00p.m. the previous day. His intended route took him from the summit parking lot to Tamarack Peak, Mt. Houghton, then to the top of Mt. Rose. As teams were preparing to head out, the subject called authorities from the Mt. Rose Ski Resort.

12/20/2015 – Lost/Stuck Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the N. Virginia entrance to Peavine to locate a lost and stuck subject near the top of Peavine. Ground teams, using cell phone coordinates, located the subject and escorted them back to staging.

12/20/2015 – Stuck/Lost Subject

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the Red Rock Road/Bird Springs area to search for a stuck/lost four-wheeler. As teams were arriving in the area of staging, the call went code 4.

12/20/2015 – Lost/Stuck 4 Wheeler

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the N. Virginia entrance to Peavine to locate two subjects in a Jeep that was stuck in snow near the top of Peavine and running low on fuel. Using phone pings, ground teams quickly located the subjects and got them moving again. They were escorted safely back to staging.

12/10/2015 – Lost, Stuck 4×4

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Matterhorn Rd. area of Lemmon Valley to search for a subject that was lost in the snow, along with being stuck. Cell phone pings gave searchers a location to head, and the subject was located approximately 1.5 miles from staging. He was transported back to staging.