JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) has reported its first mountain biker rescue of the season.
According to TCSAR, a 16-year-old local male sustained injuries in a mountain bike crash on the Parallel Trail in the Teton Pass trail network on Friday, May 23. The agency noted that Parallel is a “downhill-specific bike trail with several jumps, some of which have mandatory gaps.”
TCSAR was dispatched around 1 p.m. by emergency dispatchers. Some volunteers drove a truck to Old Pass Road, and others approached via the brake-check pullout above the trail on WY22, TCSAR’s announcement stated. Volunteers reached the patient on foot around 1:30 p.m.
After assessing his injuries, the teenager was packed into a wheeled litter, which was used to transport him for approximately half a mile down Parallel to a waiting ambulance at the Old Pass Road trailhead.
