04-09-05 Castle Peak
TNSAR received a call about a possible party of 14 missing in the Castle Peak area. RP reported tracks heading down into Little Castle Valley when the partys intention was to go to the Peter Grubb Hut. TNSAR Skiers left IC at 3:45 am for Castle Pass to look for tracks and check the Hut; snowcats and snowmobiles left shortly after. At 4:30am TNSAR found prominent tracks heading toward the Hut and proceeded in that direction. At 4:56am TNSAR found 14 folks in the Hut, sleeping. They had headed into Litte Castle Valley and then realized their mistake. After several more hours of hiking they made it back to the Hut.
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Sheriff | Dispatch | Comm Van | Truck | Skiers | Snow Cats | Snowmobiles | |
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Nevada county Walt |
Bert Grunwald Russ Viehmann |
Mike Lefrancios Kim Reinstra Bill Wise steve Twomey Paul Honeywell Dirk Schoonmaker Joe Pace Bernie Mellor Sue Duerksen Ron Driller Gerald Rockwell Doug Read Mike Kennett |
Scoop Remenih Dave Gleske John Pang |
Scott Baumgardner Steve Hoyt Bill Coplin |