Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council Search and Rescue Team

Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council Search and Rescue Team Albuquerque Mountain Rescue is a volunteer technical search and rescue team specializing in mountain and wilderness rescue.
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On February 19, 1955 a TWA plane bound for Santa Fe Crashed in the Sandia Mountains. The following day several members of the New Mexico Mountain Club, along with other volunteers assisted the New Mexico State Police in the recovery effort. From this core group, the Albuquerque Mountain Rescue Council was eventually found. The team filled a need for an organized SAR capability in the Albuquerque A

rea. Formal incorporation of the team as a non-profit organization occurred on February 16, 1959, and the AMRC was elected membership into the MRA on May 13, 1966. All told, the AMRC including its founding group, has been providing SAR services to the community continuously for over 50 years.

06/27/2026
Albuquerque Mountain Rescue fielded into the Pecos Wilderness June 20 alongside Atalaya SAR, Skyline SAR, Santa Fe SAR, ...
06/22/2026

Albuquerque Mountain Rescue fielded into the Pecos Wilderness June 20 alongside Atalaya SAR, Skyline SAR, Santa Fe SAR, Los Alamos Auxiliary Fire Brigade, Cibola SAR, and Santa Fe Sheriff's Posse.

A hiker broke their ankle more than 6 miles back near Lake Johnson and Redondo Peak. After stabilization by Atalaya, the patient was littered- carried to an ambulance at Windsor Creek trailhead. Teams arrived at 2 a.m. after hiking more than 12 miles round trip, and all personnel reported at home by 4 a.m.

06/18/2026
Albuquerque Mountain Rescue is honored and humbled to be a recipient of a 2026 Rocky Talkie Award. This funding allows u...
06/08/2026

Albuquerque Mountain Rescue is honored and humbled to be a recipient of a 2026 Rocky Talkie Award. This funding allows us to continue our mission of working with our many partners to help anyone in New Mexico's outdoors free of charge.

Head over to to learn more about what Rocky Talkie does to support volunteer search and rescue throughout the United States. Safety starts with good communication.



Rocky Talkie Awards $150,000 in Search & Rescue Award

Seventh annual program, aimed at raising awareness and funding for outdoor safety, awarded 20 volunteer SAR teams across the U.S. and Canada...

05/17/2026

Congratulation to our newest operational members! Our 2026 new members have successfully completed their mock mission and skills test and are now fully ready to field with Albuquerque Mountain Rescue. Congratulations 2026 and keep those bags packed!

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04/30/2026
04/30/2026

Excellent weekend of search and rescue continuing education at ESCAPE 2026 presented by the New Mexico Search and Rescue Council.

04/28/2026

Strong work Monday night/ Tuesday morning from Albuquerque Mountain Rescue, , Jemez Volunteer Fire Department and Los Alamos Auxiliary Fire Brigade in extracting a hiker who suffered a 100-ft fall in the Jemez Mountains. After teams scrambled through steep, unstable mountain terrain to the cliff bottom, a Sandoval County sheriff's department helicopter hovered to light the scene during patient treatment. Due to the terrain and severity of injuries, was requested. A smooth hoist was conducted, and teams were out of the field by 5 a.m. A strong unified command of New Mexico rescuers resulted in a good patient outcome that could have very easily gone another way.

Also, thank you to Los Ojos Saloon for the breakfast burritos!

04/05/2026

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500 4th St NW Suite 102 PMB 1928
Albuquerque, NM
87153

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