Late yesterday three hikers become stranded after losing the Dilly Dally trail near Buntzen Lake (overlooking the Indian Arm). Coquitlam SAR received the subjects GPS coordinates via cellular phone and deployed manpower and resources to the ridge above them. After locating the subjects in steep, difficult terrain, it was determined that a conventional evacuation was [...]
Yesterday, April 23 at 6:30pm NSR was called out in response to a 911 call of 6 stranded hikers on Grouse Mountain. Initially the hikers believed they were on the backside of Crown Mountain, however, after contact was made with NSR, some discussion with the SAR Manager, and receiving GPS coordinates it was determined that [...]
Post by Ryan Morasiewicz: At first light on December 30th, North Shore Rescue members arrived at Cypress and shut down parking lot 3B for use as a helicopter landing zone. This was the first clear weather window since the December 17-18th rescue (http://www.northshorerescue.com/2012/12/cypress-task-missing-snowboarder/ and http://www.northshorerescue.com/2012/12/some-pics-from-cypress-task/) that would allow us to fly in and recover the ~$30,000 worth [...]
As noted in previous posts (Search for Ohly Suspended and Search for Ohly), NSR was engaged by the owners on Thursday afternoon to help recover “Ohly,” the Bernese Mountain dog, from a extremely steep area of Mount Seymour known as Suicide Gully. After two days of close encounters, NSR launched a full scale attempt to retrieve [...]
This afternoon, during the search for the Bernese Mountain Dog “Ohly”, NSR was requested by BC Ambulance Service to respond for a patient in cardiac arrest on Cypress Mountain. A helicopter rescue team immediately launched from Bone Creek SAR station with our recently re-certified HETS kit and other life-saving equipment. On flying over the scene (see map at bottom), [...]
So far this long weekend has been a busy one for North Shore Search and Rescue (NSR) crews. With 6 calls, over two days, members were kept hopping. These calls ranged from benighted hikers to medical rescues off of mountain peaks. On Saturday NSR responded to: A overdue hiker at Lynn Lake A medical rescue [...]
To contact the team for a search and rescue emergency call 9-1-1 and ask for the police.
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North Shore Rescue Team Society
147 East 14 th Street
North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2N4
