Pre-Valentine's rescue

A day before Upper Valley Search and Rescue held their annual poker run, search and rescue teams from Encampment, Saratoga and Ryan Park were dispatched to locate two missing snowmobilers.

According to a February 23 press release from the Carbon County Sheriff’s Office, the office received a call at approximately 4:32 p.m. on February 13 reporting two juveniles who had been separated from their group while snowmobiling. The last known location of the two was near Slash Ridge.

While the search and rescue teams were responding to the initial call, it was reported that an adult male with the...