Three snow bikers rescued after long overnight search in Kelowna, B.C. – Okanagan | 24CA News

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue situated three snow bikers after an extended in a single day search.

Just earlier than 6 p.m. Saturday, Kelowna RCMP obtained a report from a snow biker that had ridden right into a ravine and have become caught after damaging their snow bike.

RCMP known as on COSAR to help in finding and extracting the snow biker. However, based on COSAR, the decision concerned three snow bikers that obtained caught within the ravine within the Graystokes space.

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COSAR responded with 10 members and three Kelowna Snowmobile membership members.

Once members arrived to the realm, they discovered the themes they had been trying to rescue had moved.

“When you send a distress signal with your co-ordinates, please stay at those co-ordinates,” stated search supervisor Duane Tresnich.

The search was then furthered, stated COSAR, as the themes had been transferring additional into the ravine looking for a means out, resulting in COSAR chasing them for hours.

Due to the deep snow and site, it took a number of hours for the search groups to meet up with the snow bikers.

Once situated, COSAR gave them snowshoes and assisted in getting them out of the ravine.

All three snow bikers had been unharmed, nevertheless, they had been chilly and drained.

They had been returned to the staging space by 6 a.m. Sunday.

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