SMR Team Overnight Rescue

Photos from the scene of the rescue Photo credit Silverton Medical Rescue
Photos from the scene of the rescue Photo credit Silverton Medical Rescue

On Wednesday, August 9th, around 8 pm, the San Juan County Sheriff and Silverton Medical Rescue Team received an SOS call from a bystander who witnessed 79-year-old Gerry Roach of Colorado violently fall over 200 feet down the mountainside. The mountain, called no-name Peak V8, is on the San Miguel/ San Juan County border by Hope Lake.

The witness then hiked back to their camp and used a Starlink c…