We’d like to highlight the actions of our missing hiker on this search – when lost he found shelter, weathered the storm, and found his way out on his own.
One Saturday October 2nd, while 6 Coquitlam SAR members were assisting North Shore Rescue, we were notified by BC Ambulance of an injured hiker on the Diez Vistas trail near Buntzen Lake.
Yesterday afternoon at 13:30 Coquitlam SAR was activated to rescue two lost hikers on the Diez Vistas trail near Buntzen Lake. The hiker reported that they had lost the trail and did not know where they were. They were cold, it was raining and close to zero degrees. However, Coquitlam RCMP had managed to ping their cell …