Subject of search on Eagle Ridge was stranded for three days on a cliff ledge.
Coquitlam Search and Rescue was activated at 12:30 on Sunday July 24 to locate and rescue a subject who had been hiking with two friends on Eagle Ridge near Buntzen Lake and who had slipped and injured her shoulder. Although cell phone coverage is most often lacking in the backcountry, this group was lucky to to be able to get a …
Coquitlam SAR was activated by Coquitlam RCMP at approximately 5:30 PM on Wednesday April 27th for two stranded hikers near Mount Beautiful. The two young men, between 19 and 21 years old, reported that they were exhausted and cold, with very little additional food or clothing.
Coquitlam SAR was asked to assist Ridge Meadows SAR with a medical rescue in Golden Ears Park late Saturday.
Coquitlam SAR members gathered in uncertain weather at Buntzen Lake this Sunday for a helicopter long line rescue training event. Two teams of SAR members ascended the Halvor Lunden trail, and the Diez Vista trail to the Polytruchum and Punta Del Este lookouts respectively, the goal being to do two scenarios on trails that have historically been …