With two responses this weekend we’d like to remind people to enjoy spring but remember to treat the backcountry like it’s still winter!
Medical rescue of a hiker on Burke mountain required use of 4×4, ITV and Long Line rescue
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 Search and Rescue assisted other SAR groups in our region with three rescues last week. Mid week, we provided personnel including management assistance to North Shore Rescue for two multi day searches for missing hikers. In the first task, we participated in a search for a hiker missing since September 12 who was 10 days overdue. Several members …