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TNSAR Search 4/19/2014

Lost PCT couple

Submitted by Chris McConnell

At about 9pm on Saturday night PCSO asked for the teams help in retrieving two missing skiers who found their way to Shirley Lake while making the trip from Sugar Bowl to Squaw on the PCT.

Four snowmobilers made their way to the top of Shirley Lake run at Squaw and immediately made contact via flashlights and mobile phones with the two missing skiers. The snow conditions where bullet proof Ice making it unsafe to ride down to retrieve the MP's. Two team members hiked down to the MP's while the others coordinated assistance from PCSO and Squaw Security for their snowcat to assist with a ride out.

Everyone was safely out of the field by 1:30am.

SheriffDispatchCommVanTruckSnowcatsSnowmobiles
Ken White
Brenda McConnell


Squaw SnowcatTodd Bassett
Jim Helminak
Chris McConnell
Scott Meyer

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