Sitka-based troopers reported on Monday morning that all rescue personnel and hikers made it out made it out of the field Sunday morning after a successful operation. A call to AST by Sitka Mountain Rescue reporting five hikers on Harbor Mountain were in need of assistance at 6:40 pm. According to the report, one of […]
A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued two hunters from Blackerby Ridge Trail, located in the Tongass National Forest near Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday. Coast Guard Sector Juneau watchstanders received a VHF channel 16 call from two men, ages 22 and 24, at 8:30 p.m., stating they were not prepared to stay […]
Anchorage police report that they received a call reporting multiple hikers injured following a bear attack in the woods near the Eagle River Campground at just after noon on Monday. Involved in the incident, were four juveniles, two female, two male. The group was just north of the campground at the time of the attack. […]
Volunteer Search and Rescue hiked up the Gold Mint Trail into Hatcher Pass and located two stranded men during the early morning hours on Saturday after Helo-3 as well as a Park Ranger attempted and failed to reach the two men due to weather conditions. Troopers were notified of two men stranded in the pass […]