Yearly Archives: 2022

6/5/22 – Relay Ridge Stranded Hikers

SAR Staff, Hasty Team BC, SVU, and WCSAR BC staged at the Mt. Rose Summit to locate two hikers that were stranded on the Tahoe Rim Trail in the area of Relay Ridge. The hikers were not prepared for the amount of snow and incoming weather. Foot teams located the subjects and guided them down to tracked vehicles for transport. The tracked vehicles took them to 4x4s for further transport to staging. After being checked by medics, they were driven to their vehicle at Brockway Summit.

6/4/22 – Dog Valley EMS

SAR Staff, the SVU, and a Hasty Team medic responded to the Dog Valley area on the report of a dirtbike accident. As teams were arriving at staging in Verdi, Care Flight was able to land nearby and stated they did not need any further assistance. SAR assets were cancelled.

5/26/22 – Mt. Rose EMS

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and WCSAR BC staged at the Mt. Rose Summit parking lot to locate a subject that was having a medical episode on the Mt. Rose Trail, near the peak of Mt. Rose. As more information was learned, dehydration seemed to be the issue, so fluids and snacks were given to the subject by others in his group. Teams were sent in on two different routes to intercept the subject and his climbing partners as they descended. They were met at about the Galena Creek Falls and were escorted safely back to staging.

5/26/22 – Evidence Search

SAR Staff, Hasty Team, Placer County, Churchill County, and Pershing County authorities conducted an evidence search in an area of Churchill County related to a criminal investigation.