This last Thursday and Friday, within a 24 hour period, and despite Canadian Avalanche Center (CAC) messaging that the avalanche danger is high on the North Shore, NSR responded to two incidents of lost/stranded skiers out-of-bounds. On the Thursday evening call, two members responded to assist the Cypress Ski Patrol in accessing and evacuating one [...]
A lone male hiker in his 50′s started a day hike from Cleveland Dam with a destination of the the Cypress Bowl Lookout. After 5 hours on trail he got turned around very close to the Lookout. He called NV RCMP who pinged his phoned and relayed his coordinates to NSR. NSR Search and Rescue Managers were able [...]
Update Oct 30, 2012: HETS Issue Resolved! Transport Canada and Manufacturer have come to an agreement that will get HETS teams back in the air. Recently, due to the meticulous work of North Shore Rescue’s equipment officer, a serious issue relating to all the helicopter external transport system (HETS) kits in Canada was brought to [...]
On Saturday July 14, NSR personnel provided medical coverage for the Kneenacker Race. This race follows the Baden Powell from Nelson Creek Bridge all the way to Deep Cove. With hot temperatures, it made the race particularly knee knackering. The first place racer was Nathan Barrett with an astounding finishing time of 4 hours 56 [...]
This Sunday NSR was requested to locate and extract a group of lost hikers on Grouse Mountain. The hiking party was located near a scree slope on the south face of the mountain via helicopter. This scree slope is near the BCMC trail. One of the hikers was assessed by the team doctor and found [...]
To contact the team for a search and rescue emergency call 9-1-1 and ask for the police.
General Information
North Shore Rescue Team Society
147 East 14 th Street
North Vancouver, BC, V7L 2N4
