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LOCAL RESOURCES

• Aspen Weather forecast
• Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC)
• Pitkin County Sheriff

REGIONAL & NATIONAL RESCUE LINKS

• National Mountain Rescue Association (MRA)
• Rocky Mountain Region of MRA
• Colorado Search & Rescue Board (CSRB)
• National Association of Search & Rescue (NASAR)

OTHER REGIONAL TEAMS

• Albuquerque Mountain Rescue (Albuquerque, NM)
• Atalaya SAR (Sante Fe, NM)
• Alpine Rescue Team (Evergreen, CO)
• Crested Butte SAR (Crested Butte, CO)
• Douglas County SAR (Castle Rock, CO)
• El Paso SAR (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Grand County SAR (Winter Park, CO)
• Larimer County SAR (Fort Collins, CO)
• Park County SAR (Fairplay, CO)
• Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (Boulder, CO)
• Routt County SAR (Steamboat Springs, CO)
• Summit County Rescue Group (Breckenridge, CO)
• Vail Mountain Rescue (Vail, CO)
• Western State College Rescue Team (Gunnison, CO)

FIRE DISTRICTS

• Aspen Fire Protection District
• Snowmass-Wildcat Fire Protection District
• Basalt & Rural Fire Protection District
• Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District
• Glenwood Springs Fire Department

Summer Safety Tips – Climbers

• Elk Range is comprised of loose rocks
• Warming temperatures, wildlife an climbers are factors in contributing to rock fall
• Caution should be used with handholds and footing
• Rocks are slippery when wet or snowy
• Plan your primary route ahead of time
• Prepare an alternate backup route
• Cairns can be misleading
• Be prepared for quick weather changes
• Expect possible high winds
• Altitude, dehydration and exhaustion impair judgment
• Do not get separated from your group

Summer Safety tips – Communicating position

Most smart phone have the ability to capture coordinates

• Example using an IPhone.
  1. Go to to privacy setting
  2. Turn Location Services to “on”
  3. Go to compass
  4. On the bottom read out the coordinates:  degrees , minutes ‘ and seconds “