(Teton County, WY) – An injured snowmobiler in the Togwotee Pass area was rescued by Teton County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) on January 2, according to a recent post on the TCSAR Facebook page.
Teton County Dispatch received a Garmin SOS activation alert from the snowmobiler around 11:40 AM last Friday, when he sustained a “significant leg injury after crashing his machine,” the post states.
“Teton County Search & Rescue mobilized a response that included teams in the helicopter and on snowmobiles,” the post continues. “The helicopter team, consisting of the pilot and four SAR volunteers, was able to locate the party and land near the patient. Volunteers assessed his condition and packaged him for internal transport. Three volunteers stayed behind in the field while the pilot and one SAR member flew the patient to a waiting ambulance from Jackson Hole Fire/EMS near Togwotee Mountain Lodge.”
The post goes on to state that due to the weather, the helicopter was unable to return to fly out the members who stayed in the field. TCSAR’s snowmobile team ultimately brought them out of the backcountry in “a 22-mile round-trip” before returning to the TCSAR headquarters in Jackson.
“All teams were out of the field by 6 p.m., completing the mission in 6 hours and 20 minutes.”