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Alpine Rescue Team

Who is Alpine Rescue Team?


Alpine Rescue Team has responded to wilderness emergencies since 1959, providing mountain search and rescue – day or night, 24/7.

Always free to any individual or agency in need of our expertise and assistance. Call 9-1-1 for assistance

Experience:

  • Over 60 years of providing Search and Rescue in Colorado
  • 130+ Mountain Search and Rescue calls per year since 2014
  • 300 years of experience from current Incident Commanders/Operation Leaders
  • 50-70 Highly-Trained, Non-paid Professional Rescue Mountaineers
  • Training/Mission/Public Education: Man-hours
    • 18,000hours=AverageTraining/Mission Man hours per year
    • 5,000hours=AveragePublicEducation/Outreach Man-hours per year

Credibility:

  • FEMA Type I Mountain Rescue Team (2004 FEMA designation)
  • 1 of 13 Colorado Teams accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association in the following disciplines
    • Technical Rock Rescue
    • Winter Technical Rescue
    • Avalanche Rescue
    • WildernessSearch
  • The only nationally accredited mountain rescue team in Colorado with memoranda of understanding to provide search and rescue services with three different county sheriffs – Jefferson, Clear Creek, & Gilpin.
  • Nationwide response history
    • 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery
    • 1997 USAFA-10 Crash Recovery Team
    • 2013 Boulder floods
  • Team members are leading experts/published authors in:
    • Mountain Rescue Risk Assessment
    • Avalanche Rescue
    • Technical Rope Rescue
    • Helicopter Rescue
    • Mapping
    • Wilderness Medical Emergencies

Commitment to Safety:

  • No serious injuries to our 800+ members in our 60+ year history
  • Members are prepared for 48 hours of remote wilderness deployment in winter conditions
  • Advanced Life Support (ALS) Field Responders – Physician, Nurses, Physician Assistant, Paramedics
  • Continual Technical Systems Review: Internal Committee for Technical Rope Systems & Equipment
  • Members are involved in National SAR Committees:
    • NIMS Advisory Committee Members
    • Frequent Presenters–International Technical Rescue Symposium (ITRS)
    • NASAR/ATSM
    • Representatives to the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR).

Thank you to Brian Chambliss of Plugged in Productions for making this incredible video of Alpine Rescue Team in action and for the amazing tribute to his father, whom we helped recover in 2019. We are humbled and grateful!