MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (FOX26) — Madera County sheriff’s deputies and Search & Rescue teams are continuing operations in heavy snow as they prepare for additional storms expected late this weekend.
Earlier this week, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said its Search & Rescue team deployed a SnowCat to rescue two people stranded between Sky Ranch Road and Beasore Road. The vehicle was freed, and both occupants were safely escorted down the mountain.
The sheriff’s office warned that when people “overextend themselves, it puts our SAR Volunteers at risk when they try to rescue them.”…