TCSAR conducted a successful helicopter rescue yesterday, Feb. 7. Photo: TCSAR

JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) responded to a snowmobile accident on Togwotee Pass Sunday.

The call came just before noon Feb. 6. Rescuers learned a young man crashed on his snowmobile, and the sled landed on top of him. He had sustained a possible back injury and lost feelings in his extremities.

A helicopter team was sent as the initial response, with a snowmobile team as backup. The helicopter landed near the patient, where he was packaged and loaded into the ship for transfer to a waiting ambulance.

The response included 16 volunteers and an interagency assist from Grand Teton National Park.

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Shannon is a Wyoming-raised writer and reporter. She just completed a master's in journalism from Boston University. Jackson shaped her into an outdoorswoman, but a love for language and the human condition compels her to write. She believes there's no story too small to tell nor adventure too small to take.