A 68-year-old man from Boulder was rescued off Buffalo Mountain
on Friday after he slipped and injured himself near the
summit. Summit County Rescue Group was paged at 11:30
a.m.
26 members of SCRG responded and performed a technical scree
evacuation.
The man was injured about 100 feet below the summit. Using a
makeshift splint for his injury, he was able to hobble about a half
mile to a scree field before rescuers arrived.
Team members hand-carried the patient to treeline and then used a
titanium litter and ropes to bring him down the scree field to the
trail. A Teton litter on a bicycle-style wheel was used to get the
man to the bottom of the trail.
The mission wrapped up at approximately 7:30 pm. The subject
declined medical care and transported himself to a hospital.
Photo by Becky Baylor of the Summit County Rescue Group.