Mission Reports
Mission Reports: Blizzard Operations
On Saturday, March 13, 2021 at 12:00p Colorado 4x4 Rescue & Recovery deployed 80+ volunteers to cover multiple operational periods over the next 48 hours. This is in response to calls for assistance from hospitals to transport critical health care personnel to work, assist stranded motorists, and our mission to...
Mission Reports: Deeeeeep Snow
There's a certain type of offroader that loves 4 tire chained up deep snow wheeling...sometimes more so than summer dirt wheeling. The thrill of pushing it with the bumper, grill, and maybe even having some of it spill over the hood! It's a rush! However, part of our responsibility as...
Mission Reports: Yankee Hill
A few recoveries have occurred this week prior to the inbound snow storm. This pair of vehicles was up on Yankee hill and the owners were grateful to get them back before the weekend storm buried them possibly until spring. They were on just enough of an angle that they...
Mission Reports: Extremely busy week!
Since February 27th Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery has paged out 9 separate recovery missions, some of which involved multiple vehicles (upwards of 5 of them). These stretched all the way from near the Wyoming border to all the way down to SW of Colorado Springs. Some of the callers...
Mission Reports: Triple Header!
Multiple recovery operations took place on Saturday the 20th! 1st call: A JK was recovered from the side of the road on Hefferman Gulch. The vehicle had slid off and was unable to pull itself unaided back onto the road. The team made quick work of this and was diverted...
Mission Reports: Rollover Item Recovery
On Thursday the 18th, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went to an undisclosed location to help retrieve personal belongings and valuables from a vehicle rollover that occurred earlier in the week. The driver had to hike out carrying his dog on his back, both with injuries, for...
Mission Reports: Woodland Park Denali
Saturday the 6th a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went down Forest Road 327 north of Woodland Park to retrieve a Denali that was stuck in the snow. The team setup a winch pull backwards out of the hole utilizing a pulley (2:1 reduction) sharing the load to...
Mission Reports: Eva Mine Lexus
Sunday January 24th, a team from Colorado 4x4 Rescue and Recovery went up Leavenworth Creek, near the Eva Mine, to recover a Lexus that slid off the trail on a patch of ice. Vehicle owner stated that he was backing down the trail and hit this patch of solid ice,...
Mission Reports: Lost Park / Mosquito Pass
A few operations have taken place this final week of 2020. Not all were photographed, but a couple of "relatively" easier ones were. 1st pair of photos is a 4Runner that got hung up sideways trying to turn around on Lost Park Road 446 in Park County. The team used...
Mission Reports: August 2020
Multiple operations were completed over the weekend again throughout the front range of Colorado. These photos are from a Grand Cherokee that had an upper ball joint fail on Loch Lomond, requiring some ingenuity and assistance off the trail. And a Subaru that got hung up on a washed out...