Female Skier With Lower Leg Injury, Dana Couloir On Saturday, June 7th the Mono County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call to assist a 22-year-old female skier with a lower leg injury near Dana Lake, at the bottom of the Dana Couloir. The Team was called out at 1458 hours shortly thereafter, and rescue base was established at the Lee Vining Airport.

CHP air operations were contacted, and helicopter H40 responded from Fresno. A hasty team of four personnel was deployed up Tioga Pass Road to the Glacier Canyon Trailhead. They began hiking up Glacier Canyon with medical gear, rigging equipment, and other rescue apparatus. A second field team was preparing to deploy with supplemental equipment. One team member was assigned to standby and assist with CHP H40's extraction if needed.

Hiking up Glacier Canyon on the way to Dana Lake.

H40 arrived above the subject near Dana Lake, identified a suitable landing zone nearby, and then flew to Lee Vining Airport to offload equipment. They returned to Dana Lake, picked up the subject, and flew her back to the airport. The subject declined further medical treatment.

CHP H40 overflying Glacier Canyon prior to subject extraction.

All team members were advised to return to base.

The operation terminated at 1857 hours.

IC: Belcher Ops Leader: Haugh Responders: Dickau, Beck, Bush, Thompson, Salay, Barker, Tardy, Kaufman, Huizingh, Romanova, Irving-Ruffing, Creager, Cornelius, Wallace, Gerber, Senior

On-Scene Coordinator: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue