At approximately 4:45pm two backcountry skiers called 911 on their cell phone from Ward Canyon. One of the skiers had an injured knee and was unable to ski out (the other skier was uninjured). TNSAR was paged out for a rescue. As the team was being called out, the team snow cat arrived at the staging area at the bottom of the Sherwood chair. The first three skiers met and deployed around 5:30pm. The caller talked to Team one by cell phone, giving a general location. Team one had a good route in, following the skier’s tracks into the back county. Within 20 minutes the injured skier and his ski partner were found in the trees well below Twin Peaks. Meanwhile the snow cat and snowmobiles were attempting to find a route into the victim. As the truck and more team members arrived, a second team of skiers loaded up the breakdown sled, sleeping bags and padding as well as other necessary gear and headed out. When the first Team reached the callers, they assessed the patient’s condition, splinted his knee and made an exit plan. Team two arrived promptly and the patient was packaged. With the help of Team three, and all eight skier sharing the workload, the patient was pulled to the base of the Sherwood chair. By 8:00pm the injured skier and his ski partner (both in good spirits) were back at the staging area and loaded into their personal vehicle for the return trip to Reno (and to see the doctor).
Sheriff	Dispatch	Comm Van	Truck	Skiers	Snow Cats	Snowmobiles	Other
Alan Carter	Jackie Thomas Terri Viehmann Marty Schoonmaker Lisa Swartz		Sarah Lagano John Pang	Randall Osterhuber Dirk Schoonmaker Joe Pace Paul Cushing Mike Kennett Mike LeFrancois Russ Viehman Paul Honeywell	Scoop Remenih Steve Twoomey	TJ Johnson Greg Briggs	Lance Frautschi Dominic Baisi