Lost Plane – 9 January 2011
An Iowa physician and his companion died Sunday afternoon, Jan. 9, when the plane he was piloting crashed in the Sangre de Cristo mountains south …
Phantom Hunters, 11 November 2010
Custer County Sheriff’s office notified Custer County Search and Rescue of calls of distress in the Sangres de Cristo Mountains at 10 am Thursday the …
Overdue Climbers, 06 Sept. 2010
Custer County Search and Rescue was notified at 00:30 on Monday that three climbers who planned to climb the Ellingwood Arête were overdue. They were supposed to be …
Ankle Injury at South Colony Lake, 28 August 2010
Custer County Search and Rescue was notified at 15:53 on Saturday that a 55 year old male from Pueblo was at South Colony Lake and …
Lost Mushroomer, 05 August 2010
Custer County Search and Rescue received a call at 18:34 on August 5th that a mushroom hunter had disappeared from his group four hours earlier. …
Missing Greenhorn Hikers, 02 August 2010
Approximately 19:30 Monday evening Custer SAR was notified that the Sheriff’s Office received a call that two hikers via cell phone had called a neighboring …
Recovery Mission, 01 August 2010
SAR members were called Saturday regarding some climbers who had missed their flight home. From the info we had, the couple had planned to climb …
Hikers Stuck on Needles, 17 July 2010
Pair of hikers safely plucked from the Crestone Needles Custer County Search and Rescue members’ safely plucked two hikers stranded on Crestone Needles Saturday. Shortly …