by News Staff | May 8, 2020 | Government Agencies/Utilities, Press Release
Inyo County Sheriff’s Office PINE CREEK CANYON, May 8, 2020 – On May 7 around 1:30pm, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office received notification of a fall victim with critical injuries in Pine Creek Canyon. The victim, one of a party of two from Bishop, CA, was near...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Inyo County Sheriff’s Department news release On the afternoon of Sunday, April 7, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency satellite transmission requesting a rescue near Mt. Whitney. A party of four climbers attempting to summit Mt. Russell...
by News Staff | Jun 12, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
News releases Inyo County Search and Rescue At approximately 9:30 am on Sunday June 10th Inyo County Search and Rescue was notified of an accident involving three victims above Mt. Whitney’s Trail Camp. One hiker had slipped while ascending the snow-filled ‘Chute’, a...
by News Staff | Aug 8, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Inyo County Sheriff’s Office press release At approximately 7:00am on Monday August 7th, Inyo County Sheriff’s Dispatch was notified by a satellite phone from an unrelated climbing guide of a stranded party on the face of Starlight Peak, on the climber’s right...
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
UPDATE Press release At approximately 1:45pm Mrs. Solomon was located by CHP H-82, south-east of Baker Lake on a rocky bench between Baker Lake and Hidden Lake. She had positioned herself in area that was open and was waving her jacket as the helicopter approached....