Photo Gallery: Helicopters On Display in Jackson Hole

On Thursday, October 9, attendees with the International Commission for Alpine Rescue and the Jackson community were treated to a rare display of helicopters at the base of Snow King Mountain.

Providing a glimpse of aviation mastery were the following: Airbus H145 D3, Bell 407, Leonardo AW169, and the TCSAR Airbus H125. For a few hours on Thursday, TCSAR welcomed the public to meet the pilots and take in what was definitely a first (and perhaps only) such experience in Jackson. Many thanks to Snow King Mountain, the Town of Jackson, and all those awesome kids who came out to give TCSAR a lift!

Photo gallery by Griffin Kerwin.

Photo Gallery: ICAR Practical Day at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

On October 8, several hundred rescuers from around the U.S. and world engaged in several training sessions at about 9,000 feet at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. As part of Practical Day for the 2025 International Commission for Alpine Rescue, attendees partook in the following:

🚁 Helicopter safety and rescue
🤖 Drones for search and rescue and mountain safety
🧗‍♂️ High-angle rigging for rescue
❄️ Avalanche rescue, including the latest in beacon technology and search functions
🩺 Medical and patient treatment
🐶 Everyone's favorite: SAR dogs

Plus, TCSAR performed a short-haul demonstration with a couple of pickoffs on a rock wall.

With the stunning backdrop of the aerial tram, Tensleep Bowl, and the rock face above Toilet Bowl, Practical Day was the ideal venue for a crisp and clear October day.

Thanks to the Jackson Hole Ski Patrol for their huge help in organizing, and to the entire team at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort for providing such an incredible venue.

Photos by Griffin Kerwin, David Bowers, and Grandbunden Örn Arnarson. All right reserved. Images may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from TCSAR and the photographer.

TCSAR Responds to Distressed Hunter in Horse Creek

At 7:32 p.m. on Friday, September 26, Teton County Dispatch received an emergency alert for a hunter having a medical issue in the North Fork of Horse Creek, a remote area that lies to the southeast of the Cache Creek drainage. The alert regarded a 66-year-old man from Oregon who was reported to be in severe distress. 

The man was in a guided group of elk hunters. After dusk, the group had been hiking down a steep trail back to camp when the man could go no further.

Teton County Search & Rescue responded with two ground teams, each taking side-by-side vehicles up Cache Creek. When the vehicles could go no further, two volunteers continued on bikes. When the bikes could go no further, they continued on foot until they reached the patient about a mile past the divide between Cache Creek and Horse Creek. The second ground team came in on foot carrying the wheeled litter.

As the team treated the patient, they considered going down into Horse Creek, but opted to go back up to Cache Creek toward their vehicles and a potential landing site for an emergency helicopter. The team placed a request for an air ambulance out of Riverton but it was called off due to darkness and challenging terrain (the TCSAR ship was not available because it cannot fly at night).

The team then packaged the patient in the wheeled litter and transported him back up the divide and into Cache Creek. From there, they placed the man in one of the side-by-sides and drove him to the trailhead and waiting ambulance from Jackson Hole Fire/EMS.

The volunteers returned to TCSAR HQ at 2:30 a.m., and prepped the equipment for the next mission.