On Friday, January 23, Teton County Search & Rescue responded to two separate snowmobile accidents on the Granite Creek Road, about 20 miles southeast of Jackson as the heli flies.

The first call came in at 3:58 p.m., regarding a 39-year-old male who had crashed his snowmobile and rolled about 30 feet down the embankment, resulting in a severe leg injury.

On January 23, 2026, TCSAR responded to two separate snowmobile accidents in the same area. Photo: TCSAR

Due to the severity of the injury, TCSAR dispatched a team of three volunteers and pilot in the helicopter. Another team was dispatched to the trailhead in the RZR side-by-side.

While the ship was on scene rigging for short-haul, the team received another call—this time from a guided snowmobile party reporting that one of their guests had hit a tree. The patient, a 32-year-old female, was reported to have lost consciousness with life-threatening injuries.

Meanwhile, two ambulances from Jackson Hole Fire/EMS and another TCSAR vehicle dispatched to the trailhead.

The heli team paused the short-haul operation to transport one volunteer to the scene of the second patient. The helicopter then flew to the trailhead to pick up two additional TCSAR volunteers, who were flown to the scene of the second patient.

The helicopter then flew back to the first patient, where TCSAR volunteers short-hauled that patient to an ambulance at the trailhead.

For the second patient, TCSAR drove a RZR side-by-side up the road to continue treatment and transport the patient and rescuers out of the backcountry and to a waiting ambulance.