Recent Search – 7/20/2014

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Pinehaven entrance to Hunter Lake to search for seven lost subjects in two vehicles that were supposedly heading to Moss Lake. The information came in a round-about way from the CHP, and original cell phone coordinates put them in California, near the I-80 corridor around Floriston, CA. Brief conversations to SAR command mentioned two road numbers that were traveled on, and would place them much higher than Moss Lake, closer to the area west of Hunter Lake. Two ATV teams and one 4×4 team headed up from Pinehaven toward Hunter Lake, and other 4×4 teams traveled to the Garson Road entrance to Hunter Lake. A subsequent cell phone ping placed them in the area of the road coming up from Garson entrance, and not long after, SAR teams encountered the two vehicles coming down the road. All subjects were fine, and were met at the bottom by a deputy that took a report. On the way back to staging, the ATV teams met up with a subject in a vehicle that was very confused as to how to get out of the area. He was instructed to turn around and follow the ATV’s back to staging.