On Sunday, June 5, AVSAR Leadership was contacted about two missing campers from Arkansas. Family members of the missing campers had reported them missing after the campers had not been heard from in a fewContinue reading
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Search for overdue hiker near Culebra Peak – June 3, 2022
On Friday, June 3, AVSAR President Crystal Wilson was contacted by the State Patrol Dispatch in regards to a missing hiker near Culebra Peak in Costilla County. The missing hiker was last heard from whenContinue reading
The Search for Madeline Baharlou-Quivey on Kit Carson – Oct. 12-16, 2021
On October 16, 2021 AVSAR and Saguache County Search & Rescue concluded their Recovery Operations for Madeline Bahralou-Quivey. In the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, October 12, 2021 AVSAR, along with Saguache County SAR, Chaffee CountyContinue reading
The Search for Vaughn Fetzer on Blanca’s Gash Ridge – Sept. 20-27, 2021
On Sept. 20, 2022, Alamosa County Sheriff’s Deputies and AVSAR Leadership were notified of a potentially overdue hiker who was due to meet friends for a climbing trip in New Mexico. AVSAR began a two-dayContinue reading
Cliffed Out Hiker on Ellingwood Point – Sept. 10-11, 2021
On September 10, AVSAR Received a call of a hiker who was cliffed out just below the Ellingwood Point summit. This individual called for help and decided to stay in his position and not moveContinue reading
08/28 – Exhausted Hiker at Lake Como
AVSAR leadership received a call from the State Patrol Dispatch Center in regards to a male hiker who was suffering from extreme heat exhuastion/heat stroke. Teams were immediately activated and a request was put outContinue reading
06/19-20 – Saguache County Mutual Aid in Pico Aislado
On Saturday June 19, Saguache County Search and Rescue was activated for a mountaineer that had fallen while climbing Pico Aislado in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains southeast of Crestone, CO. The caller reported hisContinue reading
10/11-15 Search for Joy Cipoletti
On Sunday, October 11, 2020 Alamosa Volunteer Search and rescue was contacted about a missing female hiker, who was last heard from at 1500hours from the summit of ellingwood point. AVSAR immediately sent out aContinue reading
9/6/2020 Missing Hiker
On Sunday 9/6, AVSAR was called out for three hikers who had become cliffed out on their descent down from Ellingwood Point, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The three hikers were cliffed out onContinue reading
07/27/2020 Overdue Hikers
At approximately 1530hours on July 27 AVSAR was paged out for two overdue hikers on the Mount Blanca Massif. The two hikers were last seen at the Holbrook Creek crossing at 2030hours on 7/26, whenContinue reading