7/10/2018 – Lost Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Spooner Summit trailhead for Marlette Lake to search for a hiker that called 911 to say that she was disoriented and not sure of which way to go. Ground teams entered the area on both the access road and single track trail, while another team was sent to locate the subject’s vehicle. Due to spotty cell phone reception and a low battery, she did not receive the message to not move from her original location. By the time searchers had arrived in the area of the cell phone ping, she had figured out where she needed to go and had hiked out on a trail that SAR teams had not reached yet. The team that located her vehicle waited for her to come to them. Once she arrived at the vehicle, no medical was required.