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The Summit County Rescue Group is asking hikers to consider their dogs limitations after a pair of pups had to be rescued from Quandary Peak last week. This Great Pyrenees summited the peak but couldn’t continue down due to exhaustion and torn pads on its paws.
Photo from Summit County Rescue Group
Dogs serve as valuable companions for many rescue workers in Summit County, responding to dangerous slides with the Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment team and helping to sniff out lost hikers in the backcountry.
But sometimes it’s the dogs that need rescuing, as was the case last week when Summit County Rescue Group volunteers helped a pair of exhausted pups off Quandary Peak.
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Chaffee County Search & Rescue-North held their first in-person meeting in over a year June 1 â and it was packed with a lot of new faces.
After a round of introductions and reports from directors, discussion revolved mostly around the high volume of calls placed to CCSAR-N in the week leading up to the meeting.
Seven possible emergencies were reported to SAR in the week before the meeting.
President Josh Schwenzfeier noted that itâs unusual to field so many calls before Memorial Day. Most of the calls were for hikers who were out longer than expected or separated from their companions on the trail.
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