Carson City Search and Rescue team respond to stuck vehicle up Kings Canyon
UPDATE 10:38PM: Two people were rescued from near the top of Kings Canyon late Friday night, including an 81-year-old woman, after their vehicle became stuck on a trail earlier in the evening. Carson City Search and Rescue reports the rescue part of the operation was completed at 10:35 p.m. with efforts continuing late Friday night to get the vehicle down from the canyon.
An ambulance was called to evaluate the 81-year-old woman.
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Carson City Search and Rescue have been dispatched tonight to a vehicle stuck near the top of Kings Canyon. The couple inside the vehicle are unhurt and have cell phone coverage and are warm, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.
"Our first priority is to get the couple down the hill and the second priority is to get the couple with their vehicle down the hill," said Furlong.
Weather conditions will be likely come into play. It is raining with sleet in Carson City but as the elevation changes, the snow level lowers. The snow level as of 7:25 p.m. is around 5,000 feet, according to the National Weather Service. The elevation of Kings Canyon tops out around 6,800 feet.
The weather conditions west of Carson City will be scattered snow showers in the higher elevations, which should continue this evening, with a strong band to develop after midnight, said weather service forecaster Wendell Hohmann.
A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Carson City, Carson Valley, Dayton, Virginia City and Reno areas through 10 a.m. Saturday morning.
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