PARK HIKERS RESCUED Five hikers were brought out from the steep Haynes Ridge trail at Caprock Canyons State Park after dark Saturday. | COURTESY PHOTOS
Caprock Rescue Team saves five
The Caprock Rescue Team, a volunteer group made up of several local first responders from Silverton VFD, Silverton EMS, Quitaque VFD, Quitaque EMS and Caprock Canyons State Park staff, were dispatched Saturday evening for a rescue involving five hikers who had become disoriented in the dark on top of Haynes Ridge, an extremely difficult and treacherous trail along which hikers essentially climb a …
