Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery
Mission Report: SAR-ES Blizzard Deployment – NE Colorado
After a regional conference call with county emergency managers, state emergency operations center, CSP, and CDOT to gather situational awareness, a list was built of both confirmed and unconfirmed reports of stranded motorists. Local officals were unable to get to these people due to weather/road conditions and limited local resources....
Mission Report: Idaho Springs
We absolutely love seeing the stories of the folks we help pop up on our reviews. Thank you for sharing your story Kelly! We are so pleased to have been able to serve you in cooperation with the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office. "These guys are truly guardian angels for...
8 Missions in 24 Hours
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday 3/18 started out a beautiful late winter day in the Front Range. For those who went indoors in the middle of the day they may have been surprised by 4:30. One look to the west and you could see the issue. The wind had come up,...
Mission Report: Yankee Hill
Successful recovery tonight up on Yankee Hill. This party had never heard of us but was extremely happy to find out more about the organization. With Matt R, Ryan B, Russell W, Jason S.
Mission Report: Rollins Pass
At approximately 1845 we received a call from the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office regarding a vehicle that was stuck about 9 miles in on Rollins Pass. After a brief discussion between our dispatchers and theirs, we determined to page out our SAR-ES Team for a person extraction given the incoming winter storm....
Mission Report: Kingston Peak
Yesterday at 20:19, Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery received a cellphone call from an individual who had become stuck in snow. The individual became stuck at approximately 13:00, and had been attempting to self recover all afternoon while snow fell around him. After we contacted Gilpin County Sheriffs Office, the...
Mission Report: Radical Hill
Deep in the Arapaho National Forest is Radical Hill. It is a daunting trail featuring a couple challenging obstacles but its defining characteristic is the shelf road. This trail has one stretch of shelf that rivals Black Bear in Telluride. On August 22nd, Ken McCoy took the ride of his...
Vail Daily: Colorado 4×4 Rescue and Recovery an important resource
On Sunday, the Vail Daily ran a wonderful article regarding our volunteers. Our volunteers work tirelessly to improve and become better equipped to help those who call on our services. Sometimes our volunteers are needed to simply help someone get unstuck. Sometimes they are called upon for large scale operations...
Mission Reports: August 2017
We at Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery would like to take a breath … and look back at the last 10 days in our organization. It was amazing in every way. In the last 10 days CO4x4RnR deployed on 7 recoveries and staged on an 8th we didn't end up...