A young man and woman huddled over a trembling snowmobile engine for warmth as temperatures dropped and the sky darkened overhead. With no cell phone and little fuel left, the stuck snowmobile riders prayed they could make it through the night and someone would find them the next day. Hours after the engine had sputtered to a halt and they were shivering in the early morning after the sun came up, their prayers were finally answered.
Thanks to the help and hard work of rescue workers and snowmobilers dashing through the snow of the Big Horn Mountains Sunday morning, Chris Stockton and Jaylane Tennant of southern Montana have returned home safely.
The North Big Horn County Search and Rescue Squad received a report from the Sheriff’s Office at 7:45 a.m. Sunday of two snowmobile riders that had been reported overdue by family members. The only information they were given was that two individuals were riding tandem on one snowmobile and were lost – somewhere in the Big Horns off Hwy. 14A.
According to NBHSAR Captain Scott Allred, the search was authorized soon after. Snowmobile teams were staged at the Crystal Creek rest area and were on the ground searching at about 10 a.m. Rescue workers were joined by several Lovell citizens with snowmobiles, members of the Lovell Volunteer Fire Dept., crews from Bear Lodge and a Civil Air Patrol plane searching from the sky.
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