Sweetwater County Sheriff Rich Haskell said Six Ogden-area fishermen trapped on a drifting ice floe on Flaming Gorge on Sunday were rescued several hours later. The men were part of a group on an ice fishing outing on Flaming Gorge at Holmes Crossing, about 24 miles south of Green River.
The group had drilled holes through shore ice extending out from the western shoreline. A section of ice roughly 400 feet by 200 feet broke off and drifted east into the lake at midday.
As the floe drifted generally south, several agencies and rescue units began responding, including the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office; the Daggett County Sheriff's Office; Daggett County Search and Rescue, including a team of cold-water divers; the Sweetwater County EMA Boat Rescue Team; the Utah Department of Natural Resources; the Daggett County Emergency Management Agency; and the United States Forest Service.
A craft manned by rescuers from Sweetwater and Daggett Counties reached the stranded party in the area of the Brinegar Ranch on the Gorge's eastern bank. The group had drifted about a mile and half down the lake over a period of some three hours. None had suffered any harm or injury.
The group had drilled holes through shore ice extending out from the western shoreline. A section of ice roughly 400 feet by 200 feet broke off and drifted east into the lake at midday.
As the floe drifted generally south, several agencies and rescue units began responding, including the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Office; the Daggett County Sheriff's Office; Daggett County Search and Rescue, including a team of cold-water divers; the Sweetwater County EMA Boat Rescue Team; the Utah Department of Natural Resources; the Daggett County Emergency Management Agency; and the United States Forest Service.
A craft manned by rescuers from Sweetwater and Daggett Counties reached the stranded party in the area of the Brinegar Ranch on the Gorge's eastern bank. The group had drifted about a mile and half down the lake over a period of some three hours. None had suffered any harm or injury.
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