In the past two and a half weeks, volunteers with Upper San Juan Search and Rescue have been called out about a dozen times to help hikers, hunters and horseback riders, with several of those people suffering illness and injury.
According to Archuleta County Director of Emergency Management Thad McKain, three of the most serious accidents involved hunters and helicopters.
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