Teamwork on Display During Granite Dells Emergency

Tuesday night, December 16th, at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (YCSO) received a request for assistance from the Prescott Fire Department regarding a hiker in distress. A teenager had fallen off a ledge while hiking, resulting in serious injuries. The injured party was stranded on a small cliff, near Iron King Trail in the Granite Dells, in a precarious position approximately a half mile off trail that required a technical high-angle rescue using ropes. YCSO Forest Patrol and the Backcountry Search and Rescue Unit (BCU) immediately responded to the scene. The BCU team and Prescott Fire’s Technical...

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