Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team Inc

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Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team Inc Conducting fast, safe rescues and educating the public on winter safety. There was, at the time, no organized backcountry ski team to help search for the boy.

THE TAHOE NORDIC SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM...
was conceived in 1976 as a response to the death of a boy lost off the back side of Northstar-At-Tahoe ski area during a blizzard. Desperate phone calls to some local Nordic skiers produced a search party that eventually located the youth, but only after it was too late. This group of skiers, along with the boy's father (who today still remains one of the Nordic Team's most active members), learned there was an important void to be filled. Thus, the Tahoe Nordic Search & Rescue Team was born. Based in the North Lake Tahoe/Truckee area, the Team has matured considerably after these many years but the goals remain the same: Conducting fast, safe rescues and educating the public on winter safety. In February 2006 the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services completed the Alpine Team Guidelines for Search and Rescue Mutual Aid, a document that will help to establish standards guiding Statewide SAR support. TNSAR assisted the Placer County Sheriff's Office in providing a substantial amount of input for this effort, which will ultimately make TNSAR more available for SAR events throughout the state of California.

10/20/2026

Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue is gearing up for another season of backcountry rescues!

Local search and rescue teams have been working alongside CareFlight crews to prepare for rapid helicopter deployment from designated pickup locations throughout the region.

This hands-on training is one of several opportunities to familiarize our rescuers with the helicopter, its crew, and deployment procedures. Everyone weighed in wearing full ski gear, even our four-legged teammates!

Helicopter support is an incredible resource for backcountry rescues, and TNSAR is proud to work alongside CareFlight and our regional search and rescue partners to help keep our community safe.

*Best of all, backcountry rescue services are free! **

When direct transportation to a hospital is required, insurance may be billed for medical transport.

Hopefully the last rescue of the “winter” 🤞🏻TNSAR was called out at 3:15 am for a broken down snowmobiler in Cabin Creek...
04/19/2026

Hopefully the last rescue of the “winter” 🤞🏻

TNSAR was called out at 3:15 am for a broken down snowmobiler in Cabin Creek near Tinker K**b in South Fork Cold Creek.

We deployed 3 experienced snowmobilers, who drove a few miles up the dirt road into Cabin Creek to launch their sleds. They were able to locate the missing person in the dark with no cell communication or coordinates. The rescuers found the sledder down in the “half pipe” shivering uncontrollably. He received warm clothes and was walked out of the drainage. Leaving his sled behind, he was doubled out to the trailhead in record time.

Good work TNSAR! Snowmobilers for the win! 🏆

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221 Fairway Drive
Tahoe City, CA
96145

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