Mountain rescue
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Mountain rescue refers to search and rescue activities that occur in a mountainous environment, although the term is sometimes also used to apply to search and rescue in other wilderness environments.
Crevasse rescue
Helicopter rescue
Rescue toboggan
Avalanche rescue
In the United States, mountain rescue is handled by professional teams within some national parks and by volunteer teams elsewhere. Volunteer teams are often members of the Mountain Rescue Association
Mountain rescue
…National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and Mount Rainier National Park. Many paid and volunteer professional mountain SAR teams are part of the Mountain Rescue Association (MRA) and operate under the authority of the local sheriff's department (approximately 42 of the 50 states) or state police or emergency management…
California Regional Mountain Rescue Association in Mammoth Lakes, CA. 2016
The Crag Rats helping with a snow survey at Tilly Jane Campground on Mount Hood (March 1973).