Search and Rescue teams throughout BC take part in wilderness education, or what we sometimes like to call “preventative SAR” and Coquitlam SAR is no exception. However, this week the team will take our SAR prevention efforts to a new level with a trail marking project that aims to increase safety, and reduce the number of lost people in …
Since our rescue of two young women on the Swan Falls trail two weeks ago, we’ve been tweeting and posting on Facebook under the hashtag #StillWinter. We would like to take some time to explain this further. Every year Coquitlam SAR rescues hikers in the period between March and June where the circumstances of the …