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On September 27th and 28th, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was kept busy by our partners from Parks Mountain Safety in the Lake Agnes area. The first call was for an injured hiker who required a Longline Rescue from Mirror Lake and a subsequent transfer to EMS. The second call was for a medical evacuation from Lake Agnes to Lake Louise. *File Photos.
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Every October Alpine Helicopters is proud to send a representative to the International Congress of Alpine Rescue(ICAR). Last year the event was held in Chamonix, France where Mountain Rescuers,Doctors,Avalanche Specialists and Pilots all gathered to exchange information and techniques in mountain rescue. The Congress is generally attended by about 400 people from all over the world. The information, techniques and technology discussed and demonstrated is invaluable to keeping our Rescue Pilots at the leading edge. As an addition to the conference two of our Rescue Pilots were also able to visit our friends from Air Zermatt who graciously gave us a tour of their facility in Zermatt. This October we will once again be sending one of our Rescue Pilots to Zakopane, Poland to attend this years conference.
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On September 22nd, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was dispatched for three separate incidents by our partners from Parks Mountain Safety. The first incident was for a group of two injured patients who required a Longline Rescue from the Spray River area . The second call was for an injured hiker in the Pilot Mountain area who also required a Longline Rescue and transport to Banff. The third call was for a group of stranded hikers in the Sentinel Pass area who required some help locating a safe way to return to the trail.
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On September 20th, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was once again dispatched for two separate incidents by both our partners from Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section, Alberta Parks and Parks Mountain Safety. The first call came early to help assist the RCMP with an incident on Mt.Temple that required a Longline extrication. Our sympathies go out to everyone affected by this accident. The second call came from the Grotto Mountain area for a group of stranded hikers. The helicopter was able to land close by and transfer the hikers to a nearby staging area.
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On September 19th, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was dispatched by both our partners from Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section, Alberta Parks and Parks Mountain Safety for two separate incidents. The first call came as a spot activation in the Birdwood Lake area, the activation turned out to be accidental and no Rescue was required. The second call came late in the day for an overdue hiker on Mt. Temple. *File photo courtesy of Bow Valley Photography.
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On September 15th, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was dispatched by both our partners from Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section, Alberta Parks and Parks Mountain Safety. The first incident was a patient with medical issues who required a Longline Rescue from Ha Ling to EMS. The second call was for an injured hiker in the Plain of Six area who also required a Longline Rescue and transfer to Lake Louise.
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On September 14th, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was busy with three separate calls from both our partners from Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section, Alberta Parks and Parks Mountain Safety. The first call was for a hiker in medical distress in the Fallen Timber area, the patient was located and then transferred to our friends from STARS for further care. The second call was for a missing person in the McLean Creek area, while enroute to the location the missing person was located and the aircraft was stood down. The last call was for multiple reports of people calling for help in the Mary Lake area, no one in distress was located.
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On September 10th, our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was requested twice by our partners from Parks Mountain Safety to help with two separate incidents. The first call was to transfer a hiker with a medical condition from Mt.Assiniboine Lodge to Banff – Mineral Springs Hospital . The second call was for a missing hiker in the Peyto Lake area, an aerial search for the hiker was concluded in time to allow the aircraft to return to Canmore for the night. The hiker was located safely the next morning. *File photo courtesy of Bow Valley Photography.
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September 7th, proved to be a busy day for both our Canmore Rescue Helicopter as well as our Golden Rescue Helicopter. Our Canmore Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to three separate calls from our partners from Parks Mountain Safety. The first call was from the “Hoodoo Corner” area on the Bow River for a group of rafters that had overturned in a sweeper. The second call was for an injured horse back rider in the Hat Mountain area who required a transfer to Banff – Mineral Springs Hospital. The third call came from the Opabin Pass area for a mountaineer who injured her leg after falling into a crevasse, the patient was Longlined from the ice and then transferred to MSH. Our Golden Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the Fiddle River area of Jasper National Park for an injured hiker who required a Longline Rescue and subsequent transfer to EMS.
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September 4th, was a busy day for our Canmore Rescue Helicopter with a total of four calls from both our partners from Kananaskis Country Public Safety Section, Alberta Parks and Parks Mountain Safety. The first call came from the Mt.Stephen area for an injured climber, the helicopter was able to land nearby and transport the patient to a staging area. The second call came from the Mt.Cory area for an injured climber who required a Longline Rescue and transfer to EMS. The last two calls came at the end of the day with two Rescue Helicopters responding to separate incidents. One incident in the Mt.Indefatigable area required a LongLine Rescue for climbers who had become stranded, while the other search was for multiple reports of someone yelling for help in the Sentinel Pass area. The party that was yelling for help managed to find their way to Moraine Lake without incident.