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Search and Rescue members and volunteers
evac a badly injured young man from near the summit of Byers
Peak. |
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Its a good thing the weather was nice. |
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Lyle Borders from US West gives us
a hand on Byers Peak. |
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GCSAR members load a victim with a
broken ankle into a private chopper. She was 8 miles into the
Indian Peaks Wilderness. A ground evac with several technical
river crossings would have required massive effort. This team
spent a rainy night with the 250 pound patient. |
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Lowering a raft from the railroad
tracks to the Colorado River in the Upper Gore Canyon to evacuate
a stranded hunter. |
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One of two ATVs used for search and
rescue. A stokes litter will fit in the home built trailer. |
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Members get in some winter season
climbing at the Winter Park Resort climbing wall. |
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July, 2000. GCSAR and RMR teams uphaul
injured skier to LZ for evac to Denver. Incident was in Boulder
County, but more easily accessed from Grand County.
(RMR Photo) |
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Lifeguard 1 evacuates an injured skier
from the Indian Peaks Wilderness near Bob Lake. Rollins Pass
is in the background. Rocky Mountain Rescue from Boulder assisted
in the snow and scree uphaul to the LZ. |
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Lifeguard 1 enroute to St Anthony
Central. Patient had a fractured pelvis, broken ribs, compressed
vertebrae and was hypovolemic and hypothermic and was exhibiting
symptoms of heart problems. We count this one as a life saved.
(RMR Photo) |
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Operations Commander on Crater Lake
Mission, August 2000. This was the second evac from the same
area in two days. Crater Lake is about 8 miles into the Indian
Peaks Wilderness on a rugged trail. |
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St. A's Flight for Life comes in for
a landing. Our patient took a 40 foot fall while climbing Lone
Eagle Peak (background). Injuries included a broken leg and ribs.
The mechanism for more serious internal injuries was present. |
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Another picture of the chopper with
Lone Eagle Peak in the background. The LZ is about 3/4 mile below
Crater Lake where the field team spent the night bivouced with
the patient. |
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GCSAR members assisted Rocky
Mountain National Park rangers in July, 1998 when a girl was
washed over Cascade Falls and sustained moderate injuries. Here
an anchor is set for a tyrolean (highline) to get the patient
across the creek. |
