first responders were dispatched to a 2 p.m. report Friday that one person in a group of snowmobilers sustained multiple injuries and was in need of rescue.
The Missoula County Sheriff's Office, along with other local agencies, helped an injured snowmobile rider Friday afternoon.A group of snowmobilers sent an SOS t
An answer crackled back over the radio: The large avalanche had crashed down the slope the lower party just skied, but they were out of the way. It was a close call, but everyone in both parties was accounted for and safe.
Ski patrol called off the potentially dangerous and resource-intensive rescue. It wouldn t have happened like that a year before.