Crag Rats
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 Crag Rats wearing traditional black-and-white check flannels measure snow levels, 1973 | |
| Founded | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Founder | A. L. Anderson |
| Type | search and rescue |
| Location | |
Region served | Mount Hood and Columbia River Gorge |
The Crag Rats are the oldest volunteer mountain search and rescue organization in the United States.[1][2][3] Based in Hood River, Oregon, the Crag Rats are an all-volunteer, nonprofit rescue agency that primarily covers Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge.[4][1]
As a charter member of the Mountain Rescue Association, they were founded in 1926 by A.L. Anderson,[5] a lumberman from Hood River, after a search for missing seven year old on Mt. Hood.[6] Their name originates from a wife of a founding member, who stated that the men spent so much time on the crags of the mountain that they were like "crag rats".[2]
