Silverton Medical Rescue 30+ Hour Recovery Mission Sunday through Monday
Silverton Medical Rescue team hiked in on the Colorado Trail in the Engineer Mountain area after being dropped off by Flight For Life in the upper mountain landing zone photo by Silverton Medical Rescue
On Sunday, October 11, 2026, at approximately 2:40 p.m. in the afternoon, the Silverton Medical Rescue team received an emergency alert through an SOS Satellite device for an unresponsive 61-year-old male in the backcountry on the Colorado Trail near Engineer Mountain. A party of two was hiking on the Colorado Trail in the area of Engineer Mountain in San Juan County, Colorado, when one member of …
