News – Sheridan Media
An elderly lady has recovered after she was not feeling well from being high up in the Bighorn Mountains.
At around 11:30pm on Monday (June 30th), the Big Horn County Wyoming Sheriff’s Office received a 911 text, in regards to a 60-year old female who was experiencing symptoms of possible altitude sickness, in a remote location in the Cloud Peak Wilderness, between Lake Solitude and Battle Park.
A ground team was sent to the Battle Park trailhead to begin hiking to the subject’s location and Guardian Flight Wyoming was also requested, to see if they could access the patient for a helicopter evacuation.
At around 2:20am Tuesday, Guardian Flight Wyoming was able to land at the patient’s location, made contact and loaded the patient for a flight to the Worland Wyoming hospital where she was treated and released later that day.
This call marks the 22nd mission for Big Horn County, Wyoming Search and Rescue teams, both north and south, for the 2025 season, which has resulted in a combined total of 1,626 man hours in missions alone this year, with many more hours of training.
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Last modified: July 4, 2025