North Shore Rescue on track for another record-breaking year after busy long weekend
Posted April 5, 2021 6:53 am.
Last Updated April 5, 2021 6:54 am.
NORTH VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – North Shore Rescue crews were kept busy over the long weekend, with four call outs, adding to an already busy 2021.
The group says its four weekend rescues brings the total number so far this year up to 52, putting NSR on pace to exceed last year’s record-call volume by about 25 per cent.
On Friday, members were called to an area near Norvan Falls in Lynn Headwaters for reports someone had a “serious medical issue.” Crews were able to get that person out to safety, but as that call was happening, NSR was notified by staff at Rice Lake Gate that “an individual had wandered away from his family and could not be located despite their efforts.”
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Some NSR members who were standing by to assist with the first call were instead sent to help find this second person, who was quickly located and reunited with his family.
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As of this writing (Sunday evening), North Shore Rescue has responded to a total of 4 calls this long…
Posted by North Shore Rescue on Sunday, April 4, 2021
The third call of the weekend came on Sunday. A skier was seriously hurt after they fell into a snowpack assessment pit — which is used to analyze snow crystals and look for evidence of a potential avalanche — that had not been filled in.
The skier was rescued with the help of a helicopter and taken to the hospital.
“Whoever dug this pit and did not fill it back in, left a hazard that seriously injured someone,” NSR wrote Sunday. “This should be obvious – but apparently it’s not to whoever dug this snow pit – if you dig a pit you must fill it back in.”
Please note that there is a pit below First Pump, Mt Seymour just South of the peak. A backcountry skier fell into this…
Posted by North Shore Rescue on Sunday, April 4, 2021
But three calls isn’t where the weekend ended for NSR’s teams. Crews were also called out on Sunday to help a backcountry skier at Cypress who had fallen into a creek gully and gotten hurt.
“Working with our friends at Cypress ski patrol, that subject was rescued and brought out of the field,” North Shore Rescue’s Facebook post reads.
