August 2, 2024 – Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team officials report that at 5:42 P.M. (1742 hours) the Team was called to assist a 69-year-old male off-road motorcyclist who had become exhausted and stranded in the Sweetwater Range near Mt. Patterson. A rescue base was established near the Sceirine Ranch on Highway 182.  One field team equipped with a 6-wheel-drive Polaris Ranger, Ranger 2, and another in our 4-wheel-drive Ranger, Ranger One, departed base for the subject coordinates. Another field team using an off-road motorcycle attempted to reach the subject on an alternate route approximately 1 mile south of rescue base.

The Ranger-equipped field teams reached the subject in approximately 42 minutes, assessed him, and transported him back to rescue base. The motorcycle field team was unable to make subject contact. The subject suffered minimal ill effects from his outing and was transported to Bridgeport by a Mono County Sheriff's Deputy. The operation was terminated at 9:48 P.M. (2148 hours).

IC: Belcher Ops Leader: Beck Responders: Bush, Patterson, Zila, Kelly, Anderson, Salay, Haugh, Dickau.

Source & photos: Mono County Sheriff Search and Rescue Team