Lake County Search and Rescue

Saving lives above 10,000 feet

LCSAR is an all-volunteer team providing emergency search, rescue and recovery services for persons lost, missing or otherwise impaired in the rugged backcountry surrounding Leadville, Colorado.

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About the LCSAR Team

Lake County Search and Rescue is entirely composed of volunteers from Leadville, Colorado. We are passionate skiers, snowboarders, hikers, rafters, runners, bikers, guides, and explorers. We are also paramedics, EMTs, mechanics, police officers, librarians, writers, engineers, and utility providers. Our love for the outdoors extends to helping other backcountry adventurers.

Our training includes avalanche rescue, swift water rescue, wilderness response, medical first aid, wildland firefighting, rope rescue, SCUBA, mental health assistance, and situational awareness. We primarily operate in backcountry settings, but we also deploy in the frontcountry and provide mutual aid to other counties.

Our team operates under the Incident Command System, at the direction of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and in partnership with the Lake County Office of Emergency Management.

Call 9-1-1 for all emergencies.

WHAT WE DO

We respond to the following incidents:

Assisting lost, injured or stranded parties in the backcountry
Water rescue
Avalanches
Flooding
Race support: Course sweeps and evacuation of injured racers
Welfare checks during emergencies
General assistance for any First Response Agency who requests our services
Mutual aid for SAR teams from surrounding counties

For details about our latest missions, see our Facebook page.

Donate

LCSAR is entirely run by volunteers. If you’d like to support our mission, you can make a tax-deductible donation to LCSAR via the Lake County Community Fund.

Are you interested in joining LCSAR?

New member onboarding occurs once a year in the spring. Our next onboarding will be Spring 2025. If you're interested in joining, you must attend an info session (date TBD). All new members must pass a full background check and complete orientation before being deployed on missions.

Prospective members are welcome to attend our regular meetings on the first Monday of each month. Please email us to learn more or to add your name to the interest list for our next onboarding cohort.