Newsworthy

November 2024 Dear Custer County Search and Rescue Friends and Family, The holidays are here, along with the snow, colder temperatures, stunning winter vistas-and, of course, the Spirit Campaign, [...]

A small contingent of Custer County Search & Rescue (CCSAR) volunteers traveled to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs where more than 4,000 cadets at the AFA, an estimated 3,500 were on [...]

For Mission #2 on 7/12/2020, at 1500 CCSAR was alerted to an 80 yr-old subject needing assistance on the Dry Creek Trail approximately 1.25 miles below Dry Lakes. Flight For Life (FFL) and [...]

August 10, 2018 On Friday August 10, 2018 at 1050 hours Custer County Search and Rescue was activated to respond to a 23 year old male from Texas on the Dome Rock Canyon Trail near the Davenport [...]

August 15, 2014 Tour de’ Wets!  1) @12:03 a call comes in for an injured ATV rider after a rollover near Davenport Campground. 58 yo female patient with injuries and difficulty breathing. 2) [...]

Captain Bob was contacted at 22:18 last night that there was an overdue climber. Three men earlier in the day had climbed Little Horn and Fluted Peak.

February 18, 2012 CCSAR participates in educating the public on being safe in the wilderness. On 18 February several members participated in the “Prepare For It” event hosted by the Custer County [...]

100mph+ winds in November 2011 caused a lot of damage to property in Custer County. They also caused havoc by blowing down hundreds of trees across the access roads and trails that we must use [...]

At 05:55 on Friday, 23 September, Capt. Pruiksma was notified by the Sheriff’s office of three overdue climbers in the CrestoneNeedle/Peak area.

CCSAR needed an additional ATV, as a backup, to provide for evacuation of either ATV crew in the event of a mechanical breakdown or other event that would render the ATV immobile and distant from help.