At 1212 hours the Team was called to assist a 44-year-old male hiker on the Pacific Crest Trail near Sonora Pass who was pinned down by very strong wind gusts over the Sierra crest.

The Team staged at Sonora Pass, and field teams hiked southbound to attempt to locate the subject. An additional field team was sent to the Leavitt Lake trailhead but there was some delay due to a locked USFS gate, and unmelted snowdrifts across the road. The field team abandoned their vehicle and hiked from the point where the road was impassable.

The field teams hiking southbound from Sonora Pass located the hiker and assisted him back to the Sonora Pass trailhead. The call concluded at 2012 hours.

IC: Pelichowski Ops Leader: Beck Responders: Bush, Childers, Creager, Cucura, Endo, Evans, Hartstrom, Kelly, Lipman, Patterson, Trott, and Wallace.