Two hikers were rescued on Cross Peak last weekend, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.
Members of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) Search and Rescue (SAR) Hasty and Incident Management Teams alongside REMSA and Reno Fire, responded to a call for service from a hiker on top of Cross Peak in the hills west of Reno. Authorities say the caller was with a friend who was experiencing a severe mental health crisis and had become unresponsive.
WCSO SAR members and firefighters quickly assembled at a staging area near Pinebluff Court and began hiking up the nearest trail to locate the patient in need of assistance…