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Four Incidents Require CCSO Search and Rescue Teams
Sedona AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue Unit responded to four incidents over the past week. Due to the level of activity and the nature of the rescues, Search and Rescue determined it necessary to remind those headed outdoors to carry the 10 Essentials for safety.
On the morning of October 23, 2019, Search and Rescue was requested to assist with a search for a 22-year-old...
CCSO July Fourth Holiday Activity
Sedona AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to 1239 total calls for service, including both citizen-initiated and officer-initiated events. While this number is similar to that of the previous non-holiday period, there was a significant increase in the number of activities stemming from outdoor recreation in northern Arizona.
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Arizona Backcountry Snow Activity Requires Permit
Sedona AZ – On February 17, 2019, at approximately 2:00 in the afternoon, Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an adult skier and an adult snowboarder, both from the Phoenix area, who were lost outside of the Arizona Snowbowl Ski Area boundary. An approximate location was determined from their 911 call which indicated that they were east of Viet Springs at the top of a cliff.
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Search and Rescue Assists Snow Boarding and Skiing Community
View of San Francisco Peaks, site of the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff AZ.
Sedona AZ – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team conducts operations to assist skiers and snow boarders in the Arizona back country.
Each ski season when there is ample snow fall, skiers and snow boarders enjoy back country runs out of the permit area of the Arizona Snowbowl. People leaving the...
Lost Hiker Rescued from Flagstaff Peak
Sedona AZ (April 22, 2016) – On April 21, 2016, at 8:30 in the morning, the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office and Search and Rescue responded to a lost hiker report on Humphrey’s Peak, Flagstaff. The male hiker, 59, was off trail at approximately an 11,700 foot elevation and in an area known as Temptation Gully. He was cold, tired, disoriented, with some underlying medical conditions.
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Injured Hikers Rescued on Flagstaff Mountains
View of San Francisco Peaks, site of the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff AZ.
Sedona AZ (June 28, 2015) – Two injured hikers were rescued off Kendrick Mountain and the San Francisco Peaks on Saturday, June 27, 2015.
The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office received two separate calls of injured hikers on different mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona. The calls were received within less than sixty...
Arizona Snowbowl Ski Death
View of San Francisco Peaks, site of the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff AZ.
Sedona AZ (January 20, 2015) – Coconino County Arizona Sheriff’s Office deputies and detectives are investigating the death of a forty six year-old California man who died on Sunday, January 18, 2015, while skiing at the Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff. Thus far the investigation has revealed the victim was skiing with...
San Francisco Peaks Avalanche Alert
View of San Francisco Peaks site of Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff
Flagstaff AZ (January 27, 2013) – The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office is reminding backcountry mountain travelers to be alert for potential avalanche hazards on the San Francisco Peaks. Most avalanches occur during and shortly after a storm.
As of 3:00 p.m. today, January 27, 2013, the Arizona Snowbowl reported 26” of...
San Francisco Peaks Missing Hiker Rescued
Flagstaff AZ (January 14, 2013) – On Saturday, January 12, 2013, at about 9:30 p.m., the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an overdue hiker on the San Francisco Peaks. The hiker, a 53 year old male from Scottsdale, Arizona, was reported quite late from a day hike by his family. The initial information indicated that he was planning to hike into the Inner Basin...