Mission Reports
Mission Report: Red Feather Lakes
Teams are in the field again today recovering vehicles before the next storm moves in! We also recovered a Durango on Valentines Day that was stuck in the snow north of Red Feather Lakes. 60 mph winds and a fresh foot of snow had the vehicle almost drifted over on...
Mission Report: Steamboat Springs
November 3rd, 2019, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery assisted a stuck hunter in the Steamboat Springs area that had slid off a forest road. What happened: The RP had a choice to make, go low and risk getting stuck in a deep mud hole (or at least...
Mission Report: Sedalia
Sedalia: Silverado Sedalia, CO Recovery Report: On October 7th, 2019, a call came into dispatch for a 2005 Silverado that was approximately 40 feet down an embankment, just outside of Sedalia, CO. A team was assembled for October 9th in an attempt to beat the predicted weather coming into Colorado...
Mission Report: Santa Fe Peak
The night of September 28th 2019, a call for help went out that was answered by Summit County Rescue Group. Unsure of the exact details, Flight for life was added to the incident to help locate possible injured parties that were offroading near Santa Fe Peak, just outside of Montezuma,...
Mission Report: Waldorf Mine
We have been busy with recoveries this week as many high-altitude trails have been cleared and are now accessible. One recovery stood out from the rest due to the damage the vehicle sustained from the rollover. This Toyota Tacoma was parked as the owners walked ahead to explore a rocky...
Mission Report – Mt. Antero – Jeep Renegade
Fresh off a TJ rollover Sunday, Colorado 4x4 Rescue & Recovery received a call Tuesday requesting assistance on Mt Antero. Word of the rolled Jeep Renegade was spreading fast and getting the vehicle off the trail quickly was a top priority for all parties involved. We assembled a strong team...
Mission Report: Keystone Jeep TJ Rollover
With all the snow melting in the high country, Colorado 4x4 Rescue & Recovery has seen an increase in call volume- this past weekend was no exception. Dispatch handled calls ranging from RPs lost/stuck on Colorado's highest mountain passes, to several shelf road recoveries, including a TJ rollover outside of...
Mission Report: Barbour Fork
This is what we are about. A father went out with his two teenage boys, and unfortunately slid off the trail. The father explained to me that his winch controller and survival bag had been stolen out out his rig recently. He admitted that he made a mistake, but he...
Mission Report: South Table Mountain
Two organizations, Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery (CO4x4RnR) and Stay the Trail Colorado, came together to recover a vehicle abandoned on South Table Mountain Park hiking trails earlier this week. On April 13, it was discovered that a driver of a vehicle had trespassed on private property at South Table...
Mission Report: Walden
Friend's call for help Snow and sub-zero temperatures are a deadly combination in the best of times, much less when things go wrong. Two hunters found themselves stranded in these conditions when their truck got stuck, a week ago today, within the 408 square mile game management area north of...