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  • Hat Pass Avalanche

    Lions Bay Search and Rescue would like to convey our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ryoji Fujita, who was found deceased after a 3 day multi agency SAR operation led by Lions Bay SAR with additional volunteers from North Shore Rescue, Squamish SAR, Whistler SAR and Coquitlam SAR, as well as CARDA…

  • Mount Harvey Tragedy

    April 11, 2017 This past weekend, April 8th and 9th 2017 Lions Bay Search and Rescue (LBSAR) conducted our largest response and recovery in the history of the team. Our condolences to the families and friends of the five snowshoers who plummeted to their deaths from the summit of Mount Harvey when a ridge cornice…

  • Summary of calls in summer 2015

    Due to an exceptionally high call volume, LBSAR has listed a summary of incidents for the summer of 2015. 17 June Boat access recovery 20 June Rescuers hiked in 21 June Rescuers hiked in 25 June Rescuers hiked in 28 June Rescuers hiked in 15 July Helicopter access rescue 25 July Helicopter long line rescue…

  • Injured hiker rescued from St Mark’s

    August 21, 2015 – Around 15:00 hours Lions Bay SAR was activated by the British Columbia Ambulance Service. A call had been placed to 911 for a hiker on the Howe Sound Crest Trail who had taken a fall and injured their leg to the point of not being able to bear any weight on…

  • Hikers rescued from Thomas peak area

    August 13 2015 – 4 hikers were recovered from the Howe Sound Crest trail on Thursday afternoon. The hikers had altered their plan after following the wrong trail earlier in the day. This change put them on the Howe Sound Crest Trail. They found themselves on the exposed rock of Thomas Peak and made the…

  • Two calls on BC Day

    Monday, August 3 2015. Lions Bay Search and Rescue volunteers were activated around 9pm on August 3rd for two separate incidents. The first incident involved a group of 4 hikers who were on the ridge between the Lions and Mount Unnecessary. Two members of the hiking party suffered from a lower leg injury. Two teams…

  • Lower leg injury on the Lions trail

    July 25 2015 – Lions Bay SAR was activated by BC Ambulance Service to respond to a call for a hiker who had injured his lower let and was not able to continue hiking. It was quickly decided that a long line rescue would be the best method to remove the subject. One Lions Bay…

  • Evacuation of 2 off-trail hikers from Harvey drainage, and subsequent call on St Marks

    On May 8th 2015 two hikers called 911 asking for help. The pair had lost the trail while coming down from the Lions. The pair relayed that they were stuck at the top of a large waterfall and unable to progress. Lions Bay SAR dispatched a team to the trail head, while concurrently contacting North…

  • Lonetree Creek Incident

    On Monday December 22nd 2014, around 10:30am Lions Bay Search and Rescue responded to the Lonetree Creek hiking trail in the Lions Bay area to assist with a reportedly critically injured child after rockfall in the Lonetree Creek drainage. Lions Bay Search and Rescue initial response team members deployed to the forward staging area of…