CareFlight of the Rockies

01/08/2026

🎉🚁 Happy Retirement, Robbie! 🎉🚁

Please join us in wishing CareFlight Flight Medic Robbie Klimek a very happy and well-deserved retirement! 🥳⏳ Where have the years gone?

Robbie has been an incredible part of the CareFlight family for 20+ years 🙌💙. It has truly been an honor to work alongside you and proudly call you our colleague, teammate, and friend all these years.

Thank you, Robbie, for your unwavering dedication, compassion, and service to our team and the communities we serve 🚁💙. Saying you will be missed is truly an understatement—your impact will be felt for years to come.

Wishing you blue skies, new adventures, and a retirement filled with happiness! ✨🌅

01/04/2026

CareFlight responded to a high-altitude rescue🏔️🚁 of an injured hiker yesterday on the Lead King Basin Trail, just west of the Maroon Bells. With the hikers stranded at 11,000 feet and no easy landing zone, our med crew navigated tough terrain, following the hikers tracks to locate the patient. The injured hiker was safely brought to the helicopter via sked. The hikers were transported to 🏥Aspen Valley Health. Our medic bravely stayed on the mountain, snow packing the landing zone, marking it with a beacon and chemsticks until CareFlight returned to pick him up. 💪🚁
🙌A big thank you to the entire team for a seamless and successful rescue.

11/12/2025

Congratulations to retired flight nurse Peg Sharp on receiving the Frances Mildred Roth Women in EMS Award! 🎉
Peg dedicated nearly four decades to EMS with Crested Butte Fire/EMS and CareFlight, serving her community with skill, compassion, and unwavering commitment.
We are so fortunate to call her both a teammate and a friend. Her legacy shines through in her mentorship, kindness, and the countless lives she’s touched.
Congratulations, Peg, on this well-deserved honor! 💙🚁

11/12/2025

Amy captured an awesome shot of CareFlight 3 in Rifle. The sky was absolutely stunning!

11/11/2025

Thank you to all that have served. A special thanks to our pilots, mechanics and med crew members who have served and are now serving our community.

11/08/2025

🚁 CareFlight Training at Snooks Bottom Open Space This Saturday

The CMU EMT Program will host CareFlight of the Rockies for a live training event at Snooks Bottom Open Space this Saturday between 2:30 and 3:00 PM.

Snooks Bottom will remain open to visitors, but please note there will be a temporary road closure during the helicopter’s landing and takeoff for safety.

If you see them in action, give them a wave! 👋 These trainings help prepare our emergency responders to keep our community safe and ready.

10/17/2025

10/16/2025

At CareFlight, we are always amazed by the teams we get to work with.

10/08/2025

10/03/2025

CareFlight recently assisted with a Garfield County Search and Rescue mission related to a car accident at the top of JQS Road in Rifle. CareFlight transported two patients to the hospital in Rifle. The rescue mission took 7 hours. Kudos to all involved!

10/02/2025

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KREX) — On Friday, at around noon, the Mesa County Search and Rescue (MCSAR) team was called to assist a mountain biker who had crashed on Holy Cross Trail near Little Park Road… | Link in comments ⬇️