Coast Guard medevacs hiker after 200-foot fall from mountain in Sitka

An area on Mount Vestovia, where a 70-year-old hiker was rescued after falling 200 feet, near Sitka, Alaska, on March 26, 2022. Coast Guard photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated a 70-year-old hiker who reportedly fell 200 feet while hiking on Mount Verstovia near Sitka, today.
An Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew safely transported the hiker to Emergency...
Coast Guard searching for overdue kayaker near Sitka

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk file photo
SITKA, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Sitka Mountain Rescue are searching for an overdue kayaker near Sitka.
Missing is 36-year-old Kale Pastel.
Pastel was last seen wearing blue pants and a black hooded sweatshirt. He is described as 6 foot 4 inches, 200 lbs. with brown hair and green eyes.
Pastel was reported missing, Sunday, after failing to...
Coast Guard assists multiple agencies with mountain rescue, Sitka, Alaska

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew transferred an injured hiker to emergency medical services for further care, Sitka, Alaska, June 15, 2019. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew assisted Alaska State Troopers and Sitka Mountain Rescue personnel to hoist a 50-year-old man who fell off a steep...
Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers respond to plane crash near Angoon, Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers are responding to the report of a downed aircraft on Admiralty Island approximately 20 miles southeast of Angoon Friday.
Wreckage from a Cessna 206 has been located and a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Sitka, members of Sitka Mountain Rescue and a commercial aircrew are searching for survivors.
The Coast Guard...
Video – Coast Guard rescues 2 injured boaters following allision near Sitka, Alaska

KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued two injured boaters from a 32-foot pleasure craft near Salisbury Sound 25 miles northeast of Sitka Tuesday.
The Jayhawk crew located the vessel Atlantis, safely hoisted both boaters aboard the helicopter and transported them to awaiting emergency medical personnel in Sitka for further transport to Mt. Edgecumbe...