By Mary O’KEEFE While most were enjoying a lazy Sunday afternoon, Montrose Search and Rescue Team members took a trip to Big Tujunga and rappelled out of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Air Rescue 5 helicopter. In Crescenta Valley it is usually Air Rescue 5 that flies overhead on its way to help search for a […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Montrose Search and Rescue Team and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Air Five spent their weekend climbing a wall of ice. This was the team’s annual pilgrimage to Lee Vining where they continue their training as a Vertical Ice Response Team. “We are one of the few rescue teams […]
Montrose Search and Rescue Team member Mike Leum outlines ways to avoid trouble in the hills. By Jason KUROSU A recent spurt of hiking activity was to be expected with the improving weather and Eaton Canyon Falls in Pasadena has certainly enjoyed such a uptick in activity. Unfortunately, the increased hiking has led to an […]
For Fred Wenzel, the newest member of the Montrose Search & Rescue Team, completing his training was a dream come true. By Brandon HENSLEY Before descending down a mountain of rocks underneath the second bridge in Big Tujunga Canyon, Fred Wenzel goes over his checklist, making sure he has the right equipment and is properly […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue team members responded on Sunday night to a call concerning a missing hiker in the Angeles National Forest. Scott Gossard, 45, of Anaheim left Friday at 8 a.m. to hike to Triplet Rocks, one of the least accessible peaks in the San Gabriel Mountains. He was found safe […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team found the body of a teacher from the Los Angeles Unified School District at Big Tujunga Canyon mile marker 6.6 on Sunday at 8:40 a.m. Team members were training in the area when they discovered Rigoberto Ruelas, 39. “The team discovered [Ruelas’] vehicle parked […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Late Wednesday night Montrose Search and Rescue members responded to a call concerning a missing hiker on Mt. Lukens. Los Angeles Police Department received a 911 call from a hiker who said he was lost apparently on Mt. Lukens, said a Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s spokesman. The phone number did not display when […]
By Mary O’KEEFE and Geghard ARAKELIAN One of the workers whose job it is to monitor the debris basins and mud found himself a little too close to his work on Saturday and in need of a rescue. Department of Public Works foreman Randy Johnson was inspecting the debris basin behind the public works building […]