Yearly Archives: 2023

5/4/23 Lost Hiker Incline Flume Trail

SAR Staff and Hasty Team BC staged at a location along Mt. Rose Highway to locate a subject that had become lost in a snowstorm while snowshoeing. Using a cell phone ping, the subject was located and warm clothes were provided. During the hike out, the subject experienced a medical episode that required additional assistance and a second team with a rescue sled was brought in. The individual was brought out and checked by NLTFPD medical personnel.

4/30/23 – Hunter Creek Canyon Stranded Hiker

SAR Staff, Hasty BC, and Hasty Rope Team staged at the Michael Thompson Trailhead to locate a hiker that was in a precarious area in a canyon to the east of the Hunter Creek Trail. Once she was located, the subject was carefully escorted to a pick-up location to the east of the trailhead parking lot and driven to staging.

4/30/23 – Storey County Mutual Aide

The SVU and SAR staff staged at the Jumbo Grade OHV parking area to locate two subjects in a SxS that was stuck in snow. Teams were able to locate the subjects and escort them to staging.