The Summit County Rescue Group is asking hikers to consider their dogs limitations after a pair of pups had to be rescued from Quandary Peak last week. This Great Pyrenees summited the peak but couldn’t continue down due to exhaustion and torn pads on its paws.
Photo from Summit County Rescue Group
Dogs serve as valuable companions for many rescue workers in Summit County, responding to dangerous slides with the Colorado Rapid Avalanche Deployment team and helping to sniff out lost hikers in the backcountry.
But sometimes it’s the dogs that need rescuing, as was the case last week when Summit County Rescue Group volunteers helped a pair of exhausted pups off Quandary Peak.
Quandary Peak is pictured May 21. The 14,265-foot peak is the most popular 14er in Colorado, attracting hikers, climbers and skiers year-round, which has led to the trailhead parking lot overflowing on busy days and creating traffic issues for nearby residents.
Photo by Jason Connolly / Jason Connolly Photography
Summit County officials, along with leaders from the town of Breckenridge, are pushing forward with some strategies to help mitigate the overcrowded parking at the Quandary Peak trailhead, but more work is to be done to ensure surrounding trailheads, including McCullough Gulch, won’t be negatively impacted.
During a Summit Board of County Commissioners work session Tuesday, July 13, Assistant County Manager Bentley Henderson updated the board on how these various strategies are coming together. While some of the measures can be acted on immediately such as adding an additional 15 to 20 spots to the trailhead’s parking lot, striping the lot to make for more organized
Two dogs rescued after collapsing from exhaustion while hiking in Summit County
Summit County Rescue Group
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) First responders are reminding people to keep their pets safe when they go into Colorado s great outdoors.
This past week, Summit County Rescue Group said they had two dog rescues. According to SCRG, both dogs were exhausted and one had torn pads.
Summit County Rescue Group
According to SCRG, the owners were unaware of the pain their dogs were in.
SCRG says dogs will follow us anywhere, anytime, always, and that s not always a good thing. Rescuers say it s on owners to keep their dogs safe by learning what their dogs can handle in the backcountry. Planning will prevent dogs from collapsing due to exhaustion, getting injured, or worse.
The Summit County Rescue Group, Flight for Life and a group of good Samaritans helped to rescue an injured speed flyer at Breckenridge Ski Resort Saturday, June 12.
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