PRINEVILLE, OR -- Crook County Search and Rescue responded to its 23rd mission of the winter season over the weekend. Three people, including a nine-year-old child, got stuck in the snow in the Ochocos on Saturday.

Due to spotty cell service, the group could only call 911. Coordinates of the call put them about 32 miles east of Prineville, past the Walton Lake Snow Park.

Nine SAR members responded with a snowmobile and tracked Ranger. They rescued the group and brought them back to Prineville. One SAR vehicle got stuck in the slush and snow during the operation and had to be pulled out by the team.