Attention all North Shore Outdoor Enthusiasts This weekend the Canadian Avalanche Center has rated the avalanche danger as high, pretty much across the board, above and below treeline. The high rating extends through Monday and lowers to Considerable on Tuesday. As such, NSR would like to extend a warning to all members of the public who are [...]
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 evening North Shore Rescue deployed field teams to rescue “Ohly” the Bernese Mountain Dog from a steep area of Mount Seymour known as Suicide Gulley. Search and Rescue (SAR) ground teams were accompanied by the owners and approximately 20 community volunteers. Unfortunately after multiple attempts by SAR personnel and owners, 2 within 5 feet [...]
Task Report for overdue hikers on August 7 & 8. Posted on behalf of Bruce Moffat, NSR Search Manager: Two male 28 year olds were dropped off on Friday afternoon around 3 pm with plans to hike for 7 hours into Elsay lake campgound. They relatively well equiped with the exception of a map, [...]
April 14, 2012 – Snowman II As can be seen in the earlier post on Snowman 2 here, the original plan was to have the helicopter rescue team come on scene during the scenario and begin to evacuate victims via helicopter longline. However, due to weather at the site, this was not an option and [...]
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
