Alpine Rescue Team Station

Headquarters – Rainbow Hills

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A.R.T. Headquarters (Rescue Base/Station) is located at 28802 Rainbow Hill Rd. at Hwy. 40 in Evergreen and opened in 1990.

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Rick Luebke Photo ©

The Colorado Mountain Rescue History Center is also located at the Rescue Station. In August of 2018, construction began on the new 3200 square foot facility. The facility will serve as a center showcasing artifacts, equipment and documents collected from all of the Mountain Rescue Teams in Colorado.

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RESCUE 1

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Ford F-550 4×4 Super Duty / SVI.

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Rick Luebke Photo ©

RESCUE 2

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Ford F-350 4×4 Super Duty / SVI, also ran as Rescue 602.

COMM 4

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Ford E-350 Communications / Command Post Van.

TEAM UNIT

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Toyota Tacoma 4×4.

ATV TRAILER 1

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(1) Polaris Sportsman 550 (Red) ATV / (2) Polaris Sportsman 550 (Black) ATV.

ATV TRAILER 2

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 (1) Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV / (2) Polaris Sportsman 500 ATV 4 (6×6).

SNOWMOBILE TRAILER 1

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(1) Ski-Doo Skandic 600 / (2) Ski-Doo Skandic 600.

SNOWMOBILE TRAILER 2

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(1) Artic Cat M-8 / (2) Artic Cat M-8.

SNOWMOBILE TRAILER 2

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(1) Artic Cat Bearcat / (2) Artic Cat Bearcat.

Historical Photos

Headquarters

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The headquarters “The New Shack” was located on Independence Mountain above the town of Evergreen. It was built in 1973 and 1974 by team members and community supporters. The property was donated by lifetime Board Member Byron Angevine. Early meeting places for the team were in the old Evergreen Library, and the Elk’s lodge. While in the Elk’s lodge it was called “The Shack”.

Headquarters

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Shown here in 2004 before the expansion at the current location on Rainbow Hill Rd. in Evergreen. Grand breaking was on on November 30th, 1989 opened in 1990. With a very generous donation by the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Posse, the new building was completely paid for when it was officially opened on November 10th, 1990. The new building and land are currently leased from the Foothills Fire Protection District, formally the Lookout Mountain Fire Protection District.

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In 2007 the committee reported to the Board of Directors that an individual had come forth and was willing to donate the costs of a new building to the team. Construction began in December of 2007 and the team was able to move trailers, ATV’s and snowmobiles into the new 2000 square foot building on July 1, 2008. The new building has appropriately been named the “Shed”.

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Shown here in 2008.

RESCUE 602

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1985 Ford F-250 4×4, first rescue truck, changed in 1997 to Rescue 2. Rescue 602 was too large to fit into the garage bay at the Independence Mountain location. An agreement was made with Evergreen Ambulance to use one of their garage bays temporarily at their new “barn” on Hwy. 74 just South of Evergreen.