VIDEO: Ouray Mountain Rescue Team Awaits National Guard To Hoist Injured Hiker Off Mount Sneffels

By Danielle Chavira, CBS Denver:

OURAY COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – Incredible video from the Ouray Mountain Rescue Teams shows the moment an injured hiker was hoisted off Mount Sneffels by the Colorado National Guard. OMRT first responded to the trailhead on Friday at around noon after receiving a distress call which they say was immediately followed by a cancel notification.

The team had to wait until around 3 p.m. because of a heavy thunderstorm with lightning.

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