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...the Tongass National Forest 23 miles west of Juneau. The Coast Guard rescue helicopter delivered a four-man Juneau Mountain Rescue team to the ground approximately one half mile from the crash site. Upon arrival to the crash site at about 4...
...Tongass National Forest, 23 miles west of Juneau. The Coast Guard rescue helicopter delivered a four-man Juneau Mountain Rescue team to the ground approximately one half mile from the site, Erickson said.When they arrived at the crash at...
...Alaska State Troopers' office. Tsang said he did not have a flashlight, the release states. Members of the Juneau Mountain Rescue team found Tsang and Vrolyk after searching for about half an hour. The pair was found approximately one-half...
...boat, the Coast Guard showed up and took over." State troopers, TEMSCO helicopters, five members of the Juneau Mountain Rescue team and the U.S. Coast Guard joined the rescue effort, said Petty Officer Roger Wetherell. A helicopter dropped...
...helicopters from Sitka. One helicopter looked for the crash site, while the other picked up members of the Juneau Mountain Rescue Team at the National Guard hangar in Juneau, said Steve Lewis of the mountain rescue team. The crash site was located...
...with a report of a hiker having difficulty on the Granite Creek Trail. The hiker was located by members of the Juneau Mountain Rescue Team, flying with Temsco, who directed members of the mountain and rope rescue teams to the location, Reifenstein...
...The search started at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday. Alaska State Trooper Sgt. David Tracy said three Juneau Mountain Rescue teams were on the trail during the search. Weather prevented a search from the air, he added. Troopers later reported...
...this week after a fall, has been dangerous for other hikers over the years. Steve Lewis, spokesman for the Juneau Mountain Rescue team, thinks cautionary signs could warn people away from the area. "It would be nice to get some signs that say 'This...
...proud of you." Lewis, a researcher at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and founder of the Juneau Mountain Rescue team, read to the audience from a speech he wrote on a napkin. "I still believe that there's big questions that...
...pretty good job," Blattner said. "They're used to working in a cleaner environment." After it was over, Juneau Mountain Rescue team member Steve Handy looked at his muddy hands and said he would be cleaning out the devil's club for awhile...