Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery
Mission Reports: Chinns Lake GMC
Also Saturday the 31st, a GMC Sierra was recovered from Chinns Lake with assistance from the USFS for traffic control. The truck had got hung up on a rock in the road, broken the transmission pan which in turn lost all the fluid, and was unable to move under its...
Mission Reports: Destroyed ATV
Saturday July 31st a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up Hamlin Gulch to recover an ATV that went off the side of the road. There was a significant debris field along the mountain side that had to be cleaned up while recovering this ATV for the owner....
Mission Reports: Another busy weekend
A few recoveries over the weekend, and even more pending in the queue! We'll start off with a FJ Cruiser that was driving up an access road and went off the side. The vehicle was very close to a building and couldn't get traction to get back up the bank....
Mission Reports: Slaughterhouse Gulch and Pearl Pass
Saturday the 17th, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up Pearl Pass outside of Aspen to assist a Tacoma with a mechanical issue. The owner reported excessive smoke coming from the exhaust and suspected a head gasket may have went. Vehicle fluids were topped off and ultimately...
Mission Reports: Mount Antero Broken Axle
A team spent the night outside of Buena Vista above tree line helping a jeep with a broken C-clip on Mount Antero! This call came in late afternoon on the 26th, and given the conditions on the mountain, needed to be recovered quickly with temps near freezing overnight. The team...
Mission Reports: Another big week!
Got a few missions to post this morning! A team assisted towing out a hydro-locked Jeep down on Medano Pass June 20th. They took the intake manifold off and plugs out in the field to push the water out of the engine, but ultimately ended up having to tow it...
Mission Reports: Busy week to report!
Another busy week for Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery! June 13th a team went up switzerland trail to assist with a trail repair on a YJ that snapped some spring bolts. The vehicle owner brought a mechanic friend along and had it mobile a short while later. June 14th a...
Mission Reports: Pickle Gulch Ram
Overnight Friday the 4th, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery worked to pull a Ram 1500 back onto the trail near the top of Pickle Gulch. Team members were on the road about 10 PM Friday night and reached the stuck truck at midnight Saturday morning. The complexity...
Mission Reports: Weston Pass Toyota
On May 29th a Team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up Weston Pass to recover a Toyota that fell through the top crust of the snow, a trend we have been seeing a lot lately! There is another mission pending right now for the same thing in a...
Mission Reports: Missouri Gulch Ram
Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery dispatched a team to Missouri Gulch to extract multiple people stuck on the mountain just after midnight this morning. Once they got on-scene, the recovery efforts were fast enough to warrant converting the call to a full recovery vs extraction (and coming back for the...