Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council Search and Rescue Team

Albuquerque Mountain Rescue is a volunteer technical search and rescue team specializing in mountain and wilderness rescue.

On February 19, 1955 a TWA plane bound for Santa Fe Crashed in the Sandia Mountains. The following day several members of the New Mexico Mountain Club, along with other volunteers assisted the New Mexico State Police in the recovery effort. From this core group, the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council was eventually found. The team filled a need for an organized SAR capability in the Albuquerque A  ...