Dedicated to saving lives through search, rescue, and mountain safety education. Alpine Rescue Team has responded to wilderness emergencies since 1959: providing mountain search and rescue, day or night, 24/7. We are always FREE to any individual or agency in need of our expertise and assistance. Alpine is the only nationally accredited mountain rescue team in Colorado with memoranda of understanding to provide search and rescue services with three different county sheriffs. (Clear Creek / Jefferson / Gilpin) At a national level, Alpine Rescue Team meets the 2004 FEMA Standards as a Type 1 Mountain & Technical SAR Team. Alpine is one of only eleven mountain rescue teams in the state of Colorado that is fully accredited by the Mountain Rescue Association, an international organization of teams specializing in mountain search and rescue, and safety education. Alpine Rescue Team members are highly trained non-paid professional rescue-mountaineers based in Evergreen, Colorado.