Mission Reports
Mission Reports: Nederland Subaru
January 2nd, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery made attempt #1 at recovering a Subaru off Road 126-N Northwest of Nederland, CO. It was an all day effort of fighting insanely deep snow drifts. The team tried from each end of the trail and no matter what effort...
Mission Reports: Old Stage Road Mutual Aid
On the 1st night of 2023, a request for assistance with multiple stuck vehicles on Old Stage Road came from El Paso County SAR. Initial reports were a Brush Truck was stuck, and a couple civilian vehicles were also stuck on the road. First responders already on scene were going...
Mission Reports: NECO Blizzard Response
Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery deployed on the Blizzard in Northeast Colorado twice this week! We were officially requested by the Morgan County Undersheriff 9:30 Monday morning. As we began building teams to pre-stage in the area Monday evening, we initially staged our SAR Command Staff and 6 teams of...
Mission Reports: Switzerland Bronco
Sunday the 11th a Team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up to the far north end of the Switzerland Trail to pull a Bronco back on the road that lost traction trying to turn around. The trail in question is USFS Route 93. It is in the vicinity...
Mission Reports: Hyundai Santa Fe
On Friday October 14th a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up Green Ridge Road (FS Route 177) in Western Larimer County to recover a Hyundai Santa Fe that got stuck on the trail. They reached the vehicle around 9:30 PM Friday and began assessing the situation to...
Mission Reports: Rolled K2500
Also occurring on Sunday the 18th, a Team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery headed towards the west slope to recover a rolled K2500 on South Derby Creek. Some of the team decided to stay the night Saturday nearby to cut down on the early departure time for Sunday. Team...
Mission Reports: Blanca Peak Fatal
Sunday the 18th, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went down to Southern Colorado to recover a vehicle off Blanca Peak. Sadly, this rollover was a fatal accident killing the driver. Some of the team began making their way towards the recovery Saturday evening, while the rest departed...
Mission Reports: Walden Destroyed FJ
Like the famous FDR speech once said: “A date which will live in infamy,” well this is one of these missions that will go down in infamy and be talked about for years to come. In the past we’ve had the Radical Hill rollover, the Iron Chest fatal, the Santa...
Mission Reports: Gold Camp Toyota
Thursday September 1st a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery was SW of Colorado Springs in the Gold Camp Road area to help recover a Tacoma that was beached on rocks in the road. The team started heading that way around 4 pm and was on scene just before...
Mission Reports: Cowdry Sand Dunes Toyota
August 15th a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up to the North Sand Dunes outside of Cowdry, Colorado to recover a pickup that was about 150 feet down a steep ravine unable to move under its own power. The team used 4 vehicles in total to pull...