SAR Staff, Hasty, SVU, and WCSAR began responding to the Fish Springs area to search for a missing subject in a stuck vehicle near the railroad tracks that border the east side of the Smoke Creek Desert. One subject walked all night and located help at the thermal plant on SR445 between Pyramid Lake and Sand Pass. The second subject was left in the vehicle. Before SAR assets got to Pyramid Lake, the subject was located by a Gerlach Deputy.

SAR Staff and SVU traveled to Pyramid Lake with the goal of deploying a sidescan sonar system to search for the drowning subject from 10/31. Rough water conditions prevented launching of the boats. The mission has been postponed until next week.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR assisted Carson City SAR and Douglas County SAR in searching for a missing elderly hiker in the Brunswick Canyon area. The subject had gone hiking with his dogs earlier the previous afternoon, just as rain and snow entered the area. He did not come back, nor did the dogs, and Carson City SAR searched during the evening and early morning hours. 6″ – 8″ of snow blanketed the area during the night. As the Tuesday morning search progressed, a ground team heard a dog, and located dog tracks. They came upon the dogs and the subject, who was curled up under a tree, exhibiting extreme hypothermic conditions. RAVEN was in the area, and quickly came on scene. A RAVEN crew member was lowered to the subjects location and was assisted by SAR members with packaging the subject. He was hoisted up to RAVEN and flown to a waiting Careflight helicopter at the Carson City airport.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, RAVEN, SVU, and WCSAR responded to Pyramid Lake to assist PLTP in searching for a subject that fell from a fishing boat just south of Spider Point. Efforts to locate the subject were not successful and further efforts will need to wait until inclement weather clears the area.

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, and WCSAR responded to the Spooner Lake entrance to the Marlette trail on the report of an injured mountain biker near the dam at Marlette Lake. As teams were being deployed, Douglas Fire made contact with the subject, stabilized him, and Careflight transported him to a hospital.