Monthly Archives: March 2019

3/19/19 – Missing Kayaker, OP3

SAR Staff, CARDA, Hasty Team, and the SVU responded for a third day to Silver Lake to search for a missing kayaker. Dogs and boats using sidescan sonar were used, but nothing was located.

3/18/19 – Missing Kayaker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, SVU, WCSAR, WCSO Search and Recovery K9 Unit, and WOOF responded to Silver Lake to search for a missing kayaker. Sidescan sonar, shallow water walking, shore searching, dog, and dive all returned negative results.

3/17/19 – Possible Missing Kayaker

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, WCSO Search and Recovery K9 Unit, and WCSAR responded to the area of Silver Lake off of Red Rock to search for a missing subject that was possibly in a kayak the day previous. The kayak was located by RPD. Shore searches by SAR personnel did not locate anything further. The search was suspended for the night, and will resume in the morning.

3/14/19 – Dog Valley Stranded Family of 4

SAR Staff and the SVU responded to the Verdi side of Dog Valley to locate a family of four that had been off-roading and got stuck in the snow on Long Valley Rd. A snowcat and a tracked ATV were given the coordinates from a text-ping, located the subjects, and transported them back to staging. They were given a ride home by friends.

3/10/19 – Lost Snowshoers

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, and WCSAR responded to the Diamond Peak Ski Resort to locate three lost subjects – a father and two children, that were lost after snowshoeing from a location in Tahoe Meadows. As teams were nearing the staging location, the subjects walked out to patrol deputies in the area of Tirol Dr.