CANADA 3 experienced mountaineers, missing Mount Garibaldi area, British Columbia 31 May 2024

[StillDiggin]

Squamish Search and Rescue crews are up in the air and on the ground Thursday morning searching for the trio of missing mountaineers.

Search manager BJ Chute tells CityNews that favourable weather conditions have allowed ground crews to move in.

“We spent all of yesterday trying to search, [but] yesterday we were still hampered by weather high up in the alpine that limited our searchability. So, the team came back at first light this morning, and we’re currently searching from the air as well as some areas on the ground,” he said.

“This has been our first real opportunity to get in due to the limited weather and Avalanche conditions that we’ve been seeing. So we’re trying to take advantage of the short weather window that we have at this time,” Chute added.

The climbers were going up Atwell Peak, on the south side of Mount Garibaldi. They were set to return on Friday evening but never did.

Search resumes for missing Squamish mountaineers

Squamish Search and Rescue crews are up in the air and on the ground Thursday morning searching for the trio of missing mountaineers.

vancouver.citynews.ca

 

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Atwell Peak - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Centaurus]

"Police in Squamish, B.C., say search-and-rescue teams have temporarily suspended their efforts to find three mountaineers missing for nearly a week.

RCMP say the pause stems from "significant challenges" posed by unstable conditions on Mount Garibaldi, around 65 kilometres north of Vancouver, where the trio was last seen on May 31.

They say in a statement that the climbers' families are requesting privacy "during this difficult time."

The Mounties say they expect the search will resume after analysis of video footage captured by drones over the last two days.

The statement says the exact timing will depend on weather conditions and reassessment of risks in the area that rescuers describe as remote, with "complex terrain."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/missing-climbers-search-suspended-1.7227524

 

[LadyL]

The identities of the climbers have not been made public. Chute said it is known the climbers had all the proper equipment to help them survive.
[bbm]
well that's good but they've been missing for a week - how many days worth of food and water would they have?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/missing-climbers-search-suspended-1.7227524

 

[StillDiggin]

Search still 'active' for missing B.C. mountaineers after 19 days

Snow melt at Atwell Peak is needed for search and rescue crews to get better terrain visualization.

www.squamishchief.com