Monday, AUGUST 4, 2025|
Photo – Members of a Search and Rescue mission stabilize injured hiker – Courtesy Sheriff Alex Bakken Facebook
Carbon County Search and Rescue responded Saturday afternoon with more than two dozen volunteers to rescue an injured hiker in the Platte River Wilderness Area in southern Carbon County.
According to Carbon County Sheriff Alex Bakken, Classic Air Rescue and Intermountain Healthcare used a helicopter to locate the hikers along a “small game trail” in a canyon above the North Platte River.
Responders from both East and West Divisions of Carbon County Search and Rescue partnered in the effort. Medical personnel were dropped into the site to stabilize the injured hiker.
The sheriff described the rescue as “a perfect example of the exemplary teamwork and communication between dispatchers at the Carbon County Unified Dispatch Center, deputies with the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, SAR volunteers from our East and West Divisions and, of course, our friends in high places, the crews with Classic Air Rescue/Intermountain Healthcare.”
The unidentified injured hiker is reportedly recovering.
