News and Announcements

1/26/24 – Lost Snowmobiler

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU Tracked, and WCSAR BC responded to the Tahoe Meadows area to locate a subject that had buried his snowmobile bad enough that he was not able to extricate it. He then walked approximately 1/2 mile in a direction that was not going to take him to civilization. BC teams, on foot and skis, were either transported or towed by SVU tracked equipment to the vicinity of the subject. He was assisted back to the tracked machines and given a ride out to staging. His snowmobile was also recovered.

1/26/24 – Henness Pass Rd. EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to Dog Valley Rd. to locate a subject that was having a medical episode. BC personnel assisted TMFR, REMSA, and Care Flight with packaging the subject for transport.

1/25/24 – Stranded Skiers

SAR Staff, Hasty Skiers, and WCSAR BC responded to both the Slide side of the Mt. Rose Ski Resort and to Davis Creek Park to access two skiers that had skied out of bounds and ended up just above the “slide” area of Slide Mountain. Mt. Rose Ski Patrol was able to get in voice contact with them and encouraged them to walk back up to a point where they could be guided back to the ski resort. SAR assets did not deploy.

1/17/24 – Water Rescue

SAR Staff, Hasty divers and swiftwater, SVU shore support, and WCSAR shore support began responding to Kiley Lake in Spanish Springs on the report of people in the water. The report turned out to not be correct and SAR response was cancelled.

1/14/24 – Dog Rescue

SAR Staff, Hasty Rope Rescue and BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC responded to Quail Canyon Rd. to perform a rescue of a hunting dog and its’ owner that were stranded on a cliff face. Both parties were rescued without incident.