August 11, 2023 23-371 #16

At 1028 hours the Team was called to assist a 67-year-old male hiker with a reported anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear in the vicinity of Snow Lake near the Tuolumne County border. CHP helicopter H40 was contacted, and they accepted the mission to assist with subject transport.

The Team responded to the Mono Village campround at Upper Twin Lake Bridgeport and established rescue base. Prior to the departure of field teams, CHP H40 reported that they had successfully extracted the subject, and would fly him to Mammoth-Yosemite airport for transfer to Mono County Medics.

The operation was terminated at 1237 hours.

IC: Pelichowski Ops Leader: Beck Responders: Quiring, Buchanan, Torrence, Baron, Kelly, Senior, Haugh, Thompson