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

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

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

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

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

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

At 1340 on July 23rd, AVSAR was contacted by the Alamosa County dispatch Center about a Hiker in distress who was on Lake Como Rd. The hiker was complaining of chest pains and light headedness.Continue reading