April, Rafael & Max team up with SFSAR members Mike & Marcus

Groundpounding mission in wintery weather and variable terrain for missing elk hunter outside of El Rito in northern NM.

Subject was able to walk out in good condition!

Groundpounders requested for overdue hunter who was alone near the Taos Ski Valley, with his 2 llamas, in what was thought to be nearly 2 feet of snow from an early season storm. ASAR had a team of 3 on the way when another SAR team (Taos?) found the subject and assisted him and his exhausted llamas home!

Holy Ghost cg

Local SAR teams were mobilized when a deer hunter failed to return overnight. Teams began searching the area surrounding the Holy Ghost campground in the Santa Fe National Forest while the subject walked out of the Wilderness under his own power.

ASAR responded for an evacuation of an injured hiker at Lake Katherine. Three people overnighted unexpectedly when a member of their party injured an ankle and was unable to walk out on her own power. ASAR members joined with a Sant Fe SAR team and began hiking up the Windsor Trail toward Lake Katherine early on 9/6/11. In the meantime, after a cold night out the subject's companions were highly motivated to help her limp out to the Cowles Trailhead where State police met her for transport.

ASAR volunteered on August 27-28 to staff medical stations for the annual Bike MS cycling event. The two day fundraiser includes over 300 participants and coveres 140 miles, with aid stations every 10-15 miles.

A female day hiker left a group who were hiking to an archeological site because she felt fatigued and overheated. She planned to return to their vehicle but became lost. A mission was initiated by members of her group who returned to their vehicle after their hike and did not find her. A state helicopter was able to find her and bring her to incident base where she met ASAR team members who there provided assistance. 

ASAR responded to a man near Tres Piedras who was severely injured after falling from a cliff, into an arroyo. Team members assisted the National Guard, Taos SAR and Taos EMS in caring for and evacuating the man. 

Once again ASAR will be providing first aid for La Tierra Torture mountain bike race here in Santa Fe. We love these events, and will probably also have some riders in the race this year. Ride safe, everyone!

On Saturday, September 24th, 2010, ASAR was thrilled to provide first aid services to the Santa Fe Concorso as part of our Outreach Program. Apart from handing out some water and sunscreen--and bandanging a blister--there were no major incidents, and team members got to see some truly astounding vehicles.

We look forward to doing it again Sept. 23-25, 2011!

A visiting snowboarder was reported missing at Santa Fe Ski Area when he did not meet up with friends as arranged. ASAR and Santa Fe Search and Rescue teamed up with Santa Fe Ski Patrol to cooperatively search a lot of area. After a cold night of searching both sides of Tesuque peak, including down to Big Tesuque campground, the subject was found by a National Guard Blackhawk helicopter alive and well in the Nambe basin the next morning. He was airlifted out to Santa Fe.