Family rescued at Sun Peaks seeks to make amends
SUN PEAKS, B.C. — It was a frightening end to a Lower Mainland family’s long weekend, after they ventured out of bounds while skiing at Sun Peaks Resort.
The family of six were rescued Monday afternoon, after they ducked under a rope, thinking it would be a shortcut back to the village. Instead, they had actually crossed into an uncontrolled avalanche slope, and were wandering down very dangerous terrain.
“They started skiing and realized that they were heading away from where the ski village was. They were on an uncontrolled avalanche slope, and the snow was making a ‘whooping’ sound under their skis, so they realized they were in danger and they stopped and did the right thing. They called Sun Peaks, who called the RCMP and called us, we were deployed around 3:30pm to out and rescue them,” says Alan Hobler, Kamloops Search and Rescue.