The Sierra Madre Search and Rescue Team honored long time member Dick Sale with a memorial service held at Chantry Flats. Members from the SAR community and family members attended the event. Mountain Rescue Association Honor Guard Roy West officiated the event. Several speakers told moving stories about Dick's life and times with the Sierra Madre team. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Air Rescue 5 did a fly-over. After the memorial service, the attendees headed down the hill to the Sierra Madre team's station for lunch and to remember the good times with Dick. Read more>> about February 17, 2012 - Dick Sale Memorial
Dick Sale, a long time member of the Sierra Madre Search & Rescue Team, passed away last year in February. His wife Melody Peterson, his sons Terry and Jeffrey and their families, and his SAR family all wish to honor his passing with a memorial service to be held on Friday February 17 at noon at Chantry Flats in the Angeles National Forest above Arcadia. A lunch reception will follow at 1 pm at the SMSR Rescue Station. Please join us as we gather to celebrate the life of a unique gentleman. Dress code - casual. Red suspenders are optional! Read more>> about February 17, 2012 - Dick Sale Memorial Scheduled
The avalanche danger in the June Lake area is low (extremely low). Unfortunately this is the good news. The snow level has not improved. The recent storms have only added inches to the snowpack, not feet. The 10 day forecast for precipitation is low.
Recent on-site observations by Montrose team members have not been favorable.
On Saturday afternoon, January 14th, after the California Region meeting, the Search and Tracking Accreditation began for Douglas County SAR. The page came out for two overdue in a 4-wheeler that went out for an early morning view of the sunrise. The location was the high desert and the Pine Nut Mountains, in Douglas County, Nevada, east of Lake Tahoe. The reporting party was called; he provided limited information, was prompted for more information, and then was instructed to come into the station for further interviews, where the ‘habeas grabpus’ was put on him. The two missing subjects were Lynda and Marilyn. Read more>> about January 14, 2012 - Douglas County SAR Accreditation
