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On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 8:00 p.m., the Park County Sheriffâs Dispatch received a report of two overdue snowmobilers in the Beartooth Mountains east of the Top of the World Store.
Trevor Wayne Deal, age 22 of Bridger, Montana and Maison Deacon Ostwald, age 21 of Laurel, Montana began snowmobiling at 8:00 a.m. that morning and had contacted a friend at 5:00 p.m. to say that one of their sleds had become disabled but they were trying to get back to the highway on their own. No location was given.
Park County Search and Rescue (PCSAR) was activated and deployed to the area on snowmobiles. They were assisted by volunteer members of the Cody Country Snowmobile Association (CCSA) and volunteers from Snow Search.
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Dozens of volunteers and several aircraft from many agencies mobilized to find the two stranded snowmobilers, who were found alive after a three-day search.
A call came into the Park County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Office on Thursday, Feb. 18: two snowmobilers – Trevor Wayne Deal, age 22 of Bridger, Montana, and Maison Deacon Ostwald, age 21 of Laurel, Montana – went out for an excursion that morning, and had yet to return. They had called a friend at 5 p.m. saying one of their vehicles was disabled and they were trying to reach a road on foot.