Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue

Tnsar is called out many times each year responding to a variety of Search and Rescue operations. Wandering children, lost hunters, urban disasters, mud slides, avalanches, ski lift evacuations, downed aircraft, and snow- bound shepherds: these are but a sampling of the incidents that the team has responded to throughout California and Nevada. No two "callouts" are ever the same. The majority of tnsar's responses, however, are for individuals lost in the winter wilderness of the sierra Nevada. Tnsar has located hundreds of individuals; the majority of these have been patrons of a ski resort that have strayed from the area's boundary into unfamiliar and rugged mountain terrain. The majority of these searches (and rescues) have historically occurred at night and during poor weather. Tnsar has conducted searches originating from most all of the lake Tahoe ski areas, and has maintained an unrivaled success rate for finding these lost recreationists.