A dog fell down a 200-foot ice waterfall in Lake Tahoe last weekend, triggering a large volunteer-powered rescue that required a drone pilot and an ice climber.

Search and rescue crews were determined to pull an injured dog out of a precarious situation near Emerald Bay over the weekend.

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A beautiful waterfall sits at the end of the Cascade Falls trail in Pembroke, but Capt. Stephens said not all hikers get the chance to take in the sight.

The El Dorado County Sheriff's Office says, late on the morning of Jan. 25, they got a 911 call from a hiker who reported that his dog "Moscow" had slid down Cascade Falls.

Moscow was alive but seriously injured after the about 200-foot fall down Cascade Falls in California.

Crews from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue unit and animal control – along with a drone from South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue – soon responded for the rescue effort.