Shoeless hikers have prompted three different rescues off of Quandry Peak in less than a week.
Coloradans know that springtime in the Rockies means a little bit of everything: cold, sunshine, snow and warm temperatures. After a busy winter season, Summit County Rescue Group has started responding to several calls they’ve never heard before.
“I don’t think I have ever had to say to the public before that people are losing their shoes on Quandary Peak,” said Anna DeBattiste. “On Tuesday, we responded to a call for someone who had lost a shoe on Quandary, then found it, but was postholing up to her chest and didn’t have snow shoes. So we needed to rescue her. Then on Wednesday, we had a hiker who lost his shoe and never found it. So we needed to rescue him. Then on Thursday, we had a group of three–one of them lost a shoe and never found it, and we had to rescue them.”
The spring temperature whiplash lately is partially to blame. SCRG suggests waiting to hike peaks until the snow has melted more.
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