Mission Reports

Mission Reports: Rampart Range F150

March 22nd 2022, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up Rampart Range to pull a F150 back onto the road that got hung up in the shoulder where the snow was pretty soft and deep. They utilized a redirect off a nearby tree, and used a 2:1...
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Mission Reports: Bronco and a F150

Couple more snow recoveries to report on today! Monday evening the team went up NW of Red Feather Lakes on the unmaintained portion of CR80 to recover a F150 that got hung up in a pretty steep and deep snow drift. Once the truck was framed out, there was no...
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Mission Reports: F150 and Ranger

A pair of offroad recoveries to report on this morning! The 1st one is a Ford Ranger that slid off the road down near Mount Herman. Once the team was on scene, the found the truck pointed downhill and pinned against a tree. A redirect to a sturdy tree on...
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Mission Reports: Gold Hill and Steven’s Gulch

Couple of snow recoveries ran simultaneously yesterday! A jeep Cherokee got hung up in the snow outside of Gold Hill. This was a quick kinetic rope recovery from behind and we were able to drive through a campsite just to the left of the picture to bypass this larger drift....
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Mission Reports: Deckers and Steven’s Gulch

Over the weekend Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery responded to multiple snow recoveries in the high country. Not all were photographed, but conditions on trails are often catching people off guard. First one featured was down near deckers. A Jeep JL slid off a private access road to some property...
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Mission Reports: Peewink and Bunce

Snow recoveries are ticking upward as the winter season continues! A few calls in Boulder county near Peewink Mountain as that seems to have become a sudden hotspot for vehicles to get stuck, a damaged JK on Bunce School Road, and a 4Runner down near Mount Herman. All relatively easy...
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Mission Reports: Red Feather Double Header

Thursday the 27th, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery pulled off a double header in the Red Feather Lakes Area. Operation #1 took place along County Road 82E which is unmaintained in the winter months. A Nissan Xterra got hung up in a snow drift pointed downhill and...
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Mission Reports: Peewink Mountain

January 26th Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery returned again to the Peewink Mountain area, a sudden hotspot for recoveries, to pull a wrangler back onto the trail that was resting against shrub brush on the side of the trail. The team rigged up a side pull from the front and...
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Mission Reports: Peewink Mountain and Leadville

Snow Recovery Weekend! Over the last few days Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery has received numerous calls for vehicles stuck in the snow! From solo wheelers to groups of five, not all ended up needing our assistance and were able to self recover, but a couple did. First up is...
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Mission Reports: Switzerland Jeep

Yesterday evening a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up a Switzerland Trail off-chute near Gold Hill to recover a Jeep Wrangler that got hung up in the snow. The total on-scene time was only 15-20 minutes, but prior to arrival the stuck party spent some time shoveling...
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