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Alamosa Volunteer Search and Rescue is an all Volunteer, non-profit Search and Rescue team based in Alamosa, CO.

At approximately 1530hours on July 27 AVSAR was p

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, when they separated from their hiking party to camp another night at Lake Como. AVSAR immediately deployed two 4x4 truck teams up Lake Como Rd. With torrential rains over the last few days in the area, Lake Como Rd has become even more dangerous than normal. There were several weather induced rock slides that the team had to navigate on their ascent up Lake Como Rd. The overdue hikers were found at Lake Como, healthy and safe. They were reunited with family and friends at 2055hours.

A very special thanks goes out to our Alamosa County Sheriff, Sheriff Robert Jackson, for heading up with one of the truck teams and even hiking in a half mile with a team member to find the overdue hikers. Our team would not be where we are, without the incredible support he and his staff provide for our team. He truly goes above and beyond to advocate for us.

With severe weather always a factor in the mountains, it is always best to plan for the unexpected. This mission, once again, proves communicating your plans with your friends/family/hiking party is absolutely essential.

#AVSAR #ColoradoSAR #CSAR #BLANCA #BlancaPeak #SangredeCristo #LakeComoRd #LakeComo #searchandrescue #alamosacountysheriffsoffice #AlamosaVolunteerSearchandRescue #allvolunteer #nochargeforrescue

At 1340 on July 23rd, AVSAR was contacted by the A

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. AVSAR paged out the team along with two of the 4×4 drivers. Alamosa EMS staged an ambulance at Incident Command to evaluate the hiker once he was brought down. Two truck teams were sent up the mountain and made contact with him at 1559. After the hiker was evaluated, he was evacuated via the 4×4 trucks and then was evaluated by Alamosa EMS upon arrival to Incident Command. All teams were back to Incident command at 1708.
A huge thanks goes out to Undersheriff Shawn Woods for initially driving his patrol vehicle as high as he could up Lake Como Rd to try to reach the hiker and to Sheriff Robert Jackson for always being our biggest supporters!

#blancapeak #ellingwoodpoint #littlebearpeak #AVSAR #ColoradoSAR #coloradosearchandrescue #AlamosaVolunteerSearchandRescue #sangres #sangredecristo #alamosa #Colorado

At approximately 1300 on 6/21 AVSAR was paged out

At approximately 1300 on 6/21 AVSAR was paged out for an injured climber attempting to summit Ellingwood Point via the South Zapata approach, who had fallen over 100ft down a snow field. The 23 year old woman, who was in a party of four, reported significant pain in both knees. AVSAR requested a lift ticket insertion from REACH Air Medical and placed a mutual aid request through Colorado Search and Rescue Association (CSAR). Help quickly arrived from our neighboring counties, Custer County SAR (CCSAR) and Chaffee County- South SAR (CCSAR-S). Six team members were inserted by REACH-29 and an additional 9 team members began the 5.5 mile ascent up the South Zapata trail, in the event that REACH-29 was unable to evacuate the subject. The teams began a technical lower of the subject down approximately 1000ft of scree field into the lower basin where REACH-29 was waiting. The subject was air lifted out by approximately 2130. All teams were out of the field by 0055 on 6/22, and were greeted by food and drinks graciously provided by Alamosa County Victims Advocates.
#AVSAR #EllingwoodPoint #ColoradoSAR #coloradosearchandrescue #sangredechristomountains @reachairmedical #searchandrescue

Who says you can't train and have fun?!

Who says you can't train and have fun?!

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In the late evening of August 25, 2019, AVSAR pers

In the late evening of August 25, 2019, AVSAR personnel received a message on their facebook requesting some advice from a very worried mother.
We were first contacted at 2248 with a message from the mother explaining that her son had missed his check in time (2100hours) and she was beginning to become alarmed. AVSAR Personnel continued a conversation with the woman gathering information about her son's plans and tried to stress the importance of calling The Alamosa County Dispatch Center and reporting him as an overdue hiker. At 2231, dispatch was contacted and made aware of the overdue hiker. The man's plans were to start up the trail at 0400hours on 8/25 to summit Ellingwood Point and Blanca Peak and planned to be back to his vehicle by 1400hours and be on the road to the trailhead for Wetterhorn Peak. It was unknown if he was taking the Lake Como Approach or the Zapata Approach. Once dispatch was contacted, we began action behind the scenes. We attempted to ping the overdue hiker's phone to get a general location of where he was. We had no idea if he was still on the Blanca Massif, if he had made it to the next trailhead over 4 hours away, or if he was somewhere in between. The ping was unsuccessful due to the phone being powered off, so we moved on to the next step. At 0022hours Deputies were sent to the Zapata Falls Trailhead and the Lake Como Rd Trailhead to attempt to locate the man's vehicle. After checking both trailheads, we were unable to locate his vehicle. At 0155hours AVSAR was contacted by the Mother saying she finally received a brief text from her son, stating that he was okay but didnt have cell service. All teams were notified that contact had been made with the overdue hiker and that he was okay.
We would like to stress to everyone out there that you do not need to be worried about contacting 911 and reporting your overdue hiker missing. If you are calling to report a hiker missing from outside our area, please call (719)589-5807.

Thank you so much to the amazing team we have at our Alamosa County Dispatch Center and Alamosa County Sheriff's Office. They work around the clock to keep our community safe!

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Join us at Cole Park, Alamosa for a fun evening ou

Join us at Cole Park, Alamosa for a fun evening out!
Grab some delicious food and watch the kids vs. cops tug of war!
#communityoutreach #AVSAR #alamosa #alamosacolorado #nationalnightout #nationalnightout2019 #ColoradoSAR

Guess what SLV Locals!!!! Our new shirts are now f

Guess what SLV Locals!!!! Our new shirts are now for sale at @kristimtsports !!!
Stop on by and grab yours for $20 cash/check.
These and more styles are also available on our website www.avsar.us

Thank you for the support!
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Our new shirts are now available at www.avsar.us #

Our new shirts are now available at www.avsar.us
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Check out our new team shirts! Aren't they the coolest! Now you can have your own!
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Our rescue rig has been limping along and early th

AVSAR is in desperate need of a new rescue vehicle

AVSAR is in desperate need of a new rescue vehicle. https://www.gofundme.com/f/alamosa-volunteer-searchamprescue-needs-a-vehicle?teamInvite=waaSczLfeAF1gh3h09McIt0N8sUcR9VFomkBK2quW1QIprrO1FM0mJDDliK7vEu7
#AVSAR #everythinghelps #rescuerig #alamosa #alamosacolorado #searchandrescue #SearchAndRescueCO

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At approximately 2037hours on May 17, 2019 AVSAR T

At approximately 2037hours on May 17, 2019 AVSAR Team President, Crystal Wilson was contacted by the AVSAR Sheriff's Liason, Deputy Chris Lavery about a missing child at the Sand Dunes Oasis Campground. The team was immediately placed on STANDBY awaiting further details from the responding Alamosa County Sheriff's Deputies.
The report stated that a 7 year old female was missing from Campsite 1 at the Sand Dunes Oasis Campground in Alamosa, CO. The original report stated the child was missing for 30 minutes, but after further clarification the child was missing for 2 hours. Soon after the First Responders arrived on scene, the child was found by her father, unharmed. After the child was found, AVSAR President received a call at approximately 2058hours, from Deputy Chris Lavery to have the team STAND DOWN.
We are so happy for such a quick response and happy ending.
AVSAR would personally like to thank:
Alamosa County Sheriff's Office
Mosca Hooper Fire
National Park Service @greatsanddunesnps
Colorado State Patrol @costatepatrol

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