The SAR teams had a 100% success rate in the last four years, with over eighty rescues. They were making the best decisions they could.
How many rescues were families or individuals stranded on that road in winter conditions?
If you count the RV situation - well they walked out and brought help to them...I would hardly call that a successful SAR.
Again I want to stress - it is not that I think they didn't make the decisions they could have or that they didn't work their butts off. I know what it is like.
My biggest beef is with a couple of people in the chain of command that seemed to ignore pertinent facts from "locals". Maybe all of their perceived successes created an air of arrogance to their approach.
Do you agree that some key mistakes were made specifically relating to searching the road and area surrounding Bear Lake Lodge?