Mesa Verde Helitack team training conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus Thursday.
A helicopter carrying members of the Mesa Verde Helitack team soars above Hesperus during training. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.
As team members work from the ground, a helicopter soars above Hesperus during training. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.
A helicopter carries a member of the Mesa Verde Helitack team during a training flight conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Members of the Mesa Verde Helitack team watch as a crew member is lifted skyward by a helicopter during training conducted out of the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Mike Spink, Mesa Verde Helitack program manager, watches team members work on the ground below during a training flight conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A trainee with the Mesa Verde Helitack team is lifted by a helicopter during training conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Mike Spink, Mesa Verde Helitack program manager, checks ropes prior to training flights. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A trainee with the Mesa Verde Helitack team waits to be lifted skyward by a helicopter during training conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
As Mesa Verde Helitack team members work from the ground, a helicopter soars above Hesperus carrying other members of the team during training. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Mike Spink, Mesa Verde Helitack program manager, watches from a helicopter as team members work on the ground below during training flights conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Members of the Mesa Verde Helitack team practice procedures before taking to the air for training flights conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A trainee with the Mesa Verde Helitack team is carried by a helicopter during training conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A trainee with the Mesa Verde Helitack team is carried by a helicopter during training conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Brian Reilly, right, a helicopter pilot for Hillsboro Aviation, readies a helicopter along with Mike Spink, Mesa Verde Helitack program manager, left, prior to training flights from Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Krystal Reddy, right, checks the equipment of Brock Ottenbacher before Mesa Verde Helitack training flights conducted from Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald.
Krystal Reddy, right, speaks with Brock Ottenbacher during Mesa Verde Helitack team training flights conducted from Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
Mike Spink, Mesa Verde Helitack program manager, second from the right, discusses the mission for the Mesa Verde Helitack team before training flights conducted from the old campus of Fort Lewis College in Hesperus. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
