Sick skier saved in high-elevation, backcountry search and rescue

A female skier amid a multi-week trek across the Wind River Mountain Range became severely ill near Downs Mountain and needed to be rescued from an elevation of 13,355 feet, deep within the Bridger-Teton wilderness. The call came into Sublette County dispatch just past sunset on Monday, April 15. A Garmin spot-activated, with a man advising that his 29-year-old skiing partner was experiencing pain.