Australian hiker found dead in the Tetons after being missing for nearly a week
GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK, Wyoming — An Australian man was found dead in a remote part of the Tetons on Wednesday, after being missing for nearly a week. According to a news release from Teton County Search and Rescue…
Teton County Search and Rescue sends helicopter to help recover body on Colorado’s Longs Peak
JACKSON (WNE) — Teton County Search and Rescue sent its helicopter to Colorado at the tail end of Independence Day weekend for a “very technical high elevation body recovery” on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. That’s according…
Skier ‘caught, carried, buried’ as avalanche cycle hits the Tetons after spring storm
JACKSON (WNE) — A skier was caught and buried in an avalanche Saturday on Teton Pass as people flocked to the backcountry after the first major storm in over a month. The skier, who survived with an injured leg,…
Speedflyer rescued by Teton County Search and Rescue
JACKSON (WNE) — Teton County Search and Rescue retrieved a 26-year-old Jackson man May 7 after the man crashed during a speed-wing flight south of Jackson, according to a Search and Rescue press release. Speedflyers use a smaller, lightweight…
Yellowstone hiker still missing
JACKSON (WNE) — Rangers and Search and Rescue crews still have not found Austin King, the hiker who last made contact with the outside world a week and a half ago on a remote peak in Yellowstone National Park….
Guides ‘devastated’ following fatal ATV crash
JACKSON (WNE) —- A California teen involved in an ATV crash Tuesday on Shadow Mountain died from a traumatic brain injury early Thursday morning at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, according to Bonneville County, Idaho, Coroner…
Visitor injured in bear incident in Grand Teton National Park
MOOSE, Wyo. – On the afternoon of Sunday, May 19, Teton Interagency Dispatch received a report of a 35-year-old male visitor from Massachusetts who was seriously injured by a bear in the area of the Signal Mountain Summit Road. Grand Teton National…
Rangers respond to climber fatality
By Kate Ready Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — While Teton County saw no search and rescues over the Fourth of July holiday, one neighboring county reported four fatalities. Grand Teton National Park rangers on Tuesday responded…
Casper snowmobiler dies on Togwotee Pass
JACKSON (WNE) — Joshua Holder, a 42-year-old Casper man, was killed Sunday afternoon on Togwotee Pass after his sledding partner found him pinned under his snowmobile in the snow. It’s not clear how the sled ended up on top of…
Skier survives avalanche Friday on Rendezvous Peak
JACKSON (WNE) — A skier survived a relatively large avalanche on Rendezvous Peak on Friday as his party tried to ski from Teton Pass to Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. “They had done this before, they had ropes, ice axes,” said…