{"id":42136,"date":"2022-02-17T21:02:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T04:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ouray-search-and-rescue-responds-to-two-backcountry-accidents\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:05:40","slug":"ouray-search-and-rescue-responds-to-two-backcountry-accidents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ouray-search-and-rescue-responds-to-two-backcountry-accidents\/","title":{"rendered":"Ouray search and rescue responds to two backcountry accidents"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ouray Mountain Rescue Team extracted an ice climber at the Ouray Ice Park who had been struck by ice. (Courtesy Ouray Mountain Rescue Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The Ouray Mountain Rescue Team responded to two backcountry accidents recently that required technical rope rescue.<\/p>\n

On Feb. 12, rescuers responded to a man who had fallen 20 feet from a cliff on Log Hill Mesa near Ridgway in Ouray County, said Tim Pasek, search and rescue volunteer and public information officer.<\/p>\n

The victim, who suffered a head injury and was semi-conscious, was loaded onto a litter then hauled up the cliff by a boom and winch attached to a rescue truck.<\/p>\n

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A man who fell from a cliff Saturday near Ridgway was rescued by the Ouray Mountain Search and Rescue Team. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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An injured ice climber at the Ouray Ice Park was excavated Jan. 29 to a waiting ambulance by Ouray Mountain Rescue Team and Ouray County EMS. (Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

He was taken by ambulance to a meadow then flown to a hospital by a Care Flight of the Rockies helicopter. The man reportedly fell while sightseeing.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 29, the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team<\/a> responded to a woman ice climber at the Ouray Ice Park who was struck on the back by a falling block of ice in the Uncompahgre Gorge.<\/p>\n

People at the ice park had wrapped the woman in a sleeping bag, and she was loaded onto a search and rescue litter, Pasek said. A rope and pulley system lifted her to the top of the canyon rim.<\/p>\n

The woman was loaded onto the Ouray Mountain Rescue tracked utility terrain vehicle and transported to a county road to a waiting ambulance. Ouray County EMS also responded to the incident.<\/p>\n

Each rescue was assisted by 10 to 12 trained volunteers, Pasek said.<\/p>\n

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Care Flight of the Rockies took a man to the hospital who was injured from a fall on Log Hill Mesa near Ridgway Saturday. (Courtesy Ouray Mountain Rescue Team)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
Technical rescue training<\/div>\n

A waterfall ice climbing and rescue workshop with Rigging for Rescue is scheduled for Feb. 21-25 at the Ouray Ice Park.<\/p>\n

The workshop focuses on the techniques and subtleties of ice climbing and waterfall ice rescue practices. Rigging for Rescue has been a commercial guide operator in the park since 2007, and trains park staff. To register, visit the Rigging for Rescue website.<\/a><\/p>\n

jmimiaga@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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