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).