The Nugget Newspaper - News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon

A sheriff’s search and rescue team came to the aid of an injured hiker near the Pole Creek Trailhead southwest of Sisters last weekend.

Deputy Shane Zook, assistant search and rescue coordinator, reported that Deschutes County Dispatch received a report of an injured hiker near the Pole Creek Trailhead at about 2:33 p.m. on Sunday, August 29. The reporting person said that a male in her hiking party had fallen and injured himself. The caller said that the hiker could not walk out and would need assistance to get back to the Pole Creek Trailhead. According to the coordinates that dispatch received from the caller’s phone, the injured hiker was located about 3.5 miles from the trailhead.

Ten Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers responded to the call. The volunteers parked at the Pole Creek Trailhead and hiked in with a wheeled litter. Members of the medical team evaluated the hiker’s condition and prepared him to be transported in the wheeled litter. The hiker was then loaded into the wheeled litter and carried back out to the trailhead.

The hiker chose to seek further medical treatment on his own and did not want the assistance of an ambulance.