8/11/20 – Garson Rd. Lost Hiker

SAR Staff and the SVU responded to the Garson Rd. entrance to Big Meadow to locate a hiker that was lost. The subject had started at the Thomas Creek Trailhead the day before, camped in the upper elevations somewhere between Mt. Rose and Sunflower Mnt. and continued to do some hiking on Tuesday. On his hike, he ran into a “large bear” that he bolted downhill from and became lost. A cell phone ping was used to get a location for the subject. The SVU drove to the coordinates and transported him down to staging. He was then driven to his vehicle at Thomas Creek.