Search suspended for missing B.C. men amid bad weather, high avalanche risk
VANCOUVER — Bad weather and a risk of avalanche forced crews to suspend the search for two Vancouver-area men missing in the frigid backcountry of Vancouver’s North Shore.
Forty-three-year-old Roy Lee and Chun Lam, who’s 64, have been missing since Christmas Day when they set out for a day of snowshoeing at the Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver.
A search began Sunday night after Lee’s car was found in the parking lot of the resort, but without a trip plan, searchers have been challenged to trace the pair in the sprawling area.
The West Vancouver Police Department says in a release that the operation was called off late Wednesday afternoon after weather deteriorated and volunteers were put in increasingly dangerous conditions.