A frustrating two-month mystery that had
baffled multiple search and rescue teams and county sheriff's
departments since early this winter was solved recently when officials
discovered the source of repeated emergency false alarms emanating from
the backcountry near Berthoud Pass.
Members of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group used special "direction
finding equipment" to locate the owner of a "personal locator beacon"
(PLB) that had been inadvertently triggered nine times between Dec. 11,
2009, and Feb. 11 by a backcountry skier from Fraser who mistook the
unit for an avalanche beacon.
It's your lead. Chop, chop.