JACKSON, Wyo. — Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) responded to three call-outs for help over the weekend, one on Friday, July 8 and two on Saturday, July 9, according to the agency.
On Friday volunteers responded to a horse accident in the Darwin Ranch area of the Gros Ventre Mountains. The patient, a male in his 50s had fallen off of his horse, reporting a head injury. TCSAR was able to secure Teton Interagency Helitack to transport the patient out of the remote area.
TCSAR does not have a helicopter on contract from June 1- Sept. 30.
On Saturday, volunteers responded to a missing stand-up paddleboarder on the whitewater stretch of the Gros Ventre River between Lower Slide Lake and Jumping Rock—the same stretch of river that claimed the life of a man on June 21.
According to TCSAR, as volunteers initiated a swift water rescue response, the missing paddler was located and the team stood down.
On Sunday afternoon, a local resident crashed on his mountain bike on the Putt-Putt Trail in Cache Creek, sustaining severe injuries.
A volunteer was able to make a quick approach from town via mountain bike and locate the man while other volunteers mobilized via RZR. When the full team arrived, they packaged the patient and wheeled litter transported him down the trail to the RZR and then to a waiting ambulance.
TCSAR in-depth report is available here.
