Last night while on patrol we got a cell call from a 29 year old woman saying she was lost.
We get these calls often. People like to feel that they're intrepid adventurers so they ski out of bounds into closed areas.
Well Giselle, who couldn't snowboard and is very out of shape, thought she was one of these intrepid adventurers.
We have them call 911 so that they can get their long and lat. I was 1 of 3 patrollers sent into the area to find her. We also had another patroller on a Doo to drive the Gulch Road. We found some tracks and followed them. The snow was thin in spots so we would lose the tracks then pick them up again. Eventually she called saying she could hear the Doo engine. The driver of the Doo eventually made contact with her then talked her down to the road.
We all met up and everyone made it to the clinic.
Normally with these the Sheriff is called and the people get a $1000 fine. This time that didn't happen.
I have a question. Why is it that most of the people that get lost in that area are snowboarders??? Never mind, i think we all know the answer.
By the way, the area she was lost in patrol calls, Brousins Glades. The reason is many years ago two boys from down south were lost in there over night. The next day when patrol found them they asked them questions. Patrol soon found out they had the same mother but different dads. The catch was their dads were brothers.
So the boys were brothers but they were also cousins. They were Brousins!!
Man, you see it all on patrol.
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Hello from Chris. I'm patrol candidate in southwest Michigan, with some nice 14er hikes under my belt, and designs on spending time skiing backcountry (10th Mt Division huts etc) when I've got enough experience and schooling. Do you guys do any kind of avy pit / snow condition checks before you head into the outback for a rescue? Do you do some kind of mapping of higher danger areas so you're prepped when you get the lat/long?
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