“The BC Parks folks made a point of having afire going for them in a cabin, got them nice and warm and were able to return them back to Quesnel where we handed them over for a cursory check by BC Emergency Health Services.”
Bob Holowenko, Public Information Officer for QSAR, says the beacon was activated around 3:30 p.m. in the Bowron Lake chain in the Babcock Creek area, roughly 120 kilometres west of Quesnel.
Prince George and Quesnel Search and Rescue (SAR) assisted a snowmobiler trapped in a large drainage at the back of Yanks Peak, roughly 195 kilometres east of Quesnel.