MACKAY — A hiker injured in a 300-foot fall on Mt. Idaho was rescued Saturday thanks to the teamwork of search and rescue volunteers, air paramedics, and the Idaho National Guard.
Emergency dispatchers received the call for help at 12:18 p.m., according to a statement from the Custer County Sheriff’s Office. The “individual had fallen about 300 feet and suffered a head injury on Mount Idaho, in the Lost River Range,” the statement says.
Due to the location of the injured person, the Custer County Search and Rescue Team recruited the help of Air St. Luke’s 1 in Boise and the Idaho National Guard…