Backpacker Requesting Assistance at Alger Lakes At 0236 hours, the Team was called to assist a backpacker in the Alger Lakes area. A cold and windy weather pattern had struck the region, damaging the backpacker’s equipment and blowing away their sleeping bag during a midnight bathroom break.
Rescue Base was established at the Silver Lake boat launch, adjacent to the Rush Creek Trailhead. At 0358 hours, field team 1 deployed with a Hypothermia Management and Prevention Kit (HPMK), a first-out medical bag, and warm clothing. Team 2 was deployed at 0407 hours up the Rush Creek Trail to establish a radio relay.
Watching the sunrise along the climb from Silver Lake to Alger Lakes.
Team 1 reached the subject just after daybreak at 0722 hours and began standard patient assessments. The subject reported being uninjured but cold. She stated she had arrived at her location over the course of several days and was unaware of a quicker exit route. Team 1 and the subject began their return to rescue base, with all teams arriving together at 1130 hours.
Steady uphill grind.
Arriving at Alger Lakes early in the AM.
The Alger Lakes Trail
The operation was terminated at 1150 hours.
IC: Rhoads Ops Leader: Haugh Responders: Brownlee, Baron, Wilson, Kelly, Huizingh, Carlson, Creager, Salay
On-Scene Coordinator: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue