WILSON, Wyo, — Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) responded to an injured mountain biker on the Phillips Ridge Trail near Teton Pass at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4.
According to TCSAR, the 35-year-old local male, who was riding alone, descended a series of switchbacks and then crashed about a mile from the trailhead on Fish Creek Road. The biker sustained multiple upper body injuries.
TCSAR posted on Facebook that volunteers reached the patient with teams on foot and in an RZR side-by-side. The man was found next to the trail and TSCAR members were able to help him walk a short distance to the RZR and transport him down to the trailhead. Opting against an ambulance, the man met his girlfriend there and she transported him to higher medical care, according to TCSAR.
The volunteers headed back to the hangar in Jackson, completing the mission in one hour, 55 minutes.
