Image Credit: Facebook / Kamloops Search and Rescue

By James Peters

Snowy Rescue

Kamloops, Nicola Valley searchers rescue pair caught in snowy Juliet Creek misadventure

Jan 9, 2024 | 7:00 PM

KAMLOOPS — The heavy snowfall overnight Monday to Tuesday took a pair of campers by surprise, necessitating a helping hand from search and rescue volunteers.

In a social media post, Kamloops Search and Rescue (KSAR) says its members, along with members from Nicola Valley Search and Rescue, were called at about 2:05 a.m. Tuesday (Jan. 9) and headed to the Juliet Creek area between Merritt and Hope.

Two people who were on a multi-day camping trip in the back country returned to their 4×4 to find it buried in about 50 centimetres of fresh snow.

An attempt to drive out and to safety ended when the vehicle slid into the creek.

KSAR says members had to use snowmobiles to access the pair and were ultimately able to pick them up and take them to Merritt.

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