Emergency responders from Sublette County were able to successfully rescue an injured snowmobiler in Horse Creek area of Lincoln County.
The Sublette County Sheriff’s Office said a call was received Sunday, March 4, from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office stating that they had received a SPOT device activation reporting an injured snowmobiler in the North Fork portion of the Horse Creek area and that access to the injured rider was more manageable from the Sublette County side.
Sergeant Travis Bingham, Public Information Officer with the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office, said Tip Top Search and Rescue (TTSAR) was paged out at approximately 3:00 pm to rescue the rider with a reported lower back injury. Coordinates and texting communication was provided through a Garmin InReach satellite communicator which provided the exact location and condition of the injured rider. Seven members of TTSAR’s winter rescue team met at the trailhead with members of the injured rider’s party. Together they rode to the location of the injured rider. Other members of their party had kept him warm with extra clothing. They also worked on packing the trail to help with the rescue while waiting on help to arrive.
Bingham said that the injured rider was assessed, packaged and evacuated via a rescue sled pulled behind a TTSAR snowmobile. Sublette County EMS was staged at the Horse Creek parking lot and received the injured rider at 6:30 pm. He was transported for evaluation to the Pinedale Medical Clinic. The rider was flown out via life flight for further medical treatment from the Pinedale Medical Clinic.
Despite the wind and darkness, Bingham stated that this was a successful mission due to great teamwork of the reporting party, TTSAR volunteers, Sublette County Sheriff’s Office, and Sublette County EMS.
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