P.G. Search & Rescue Assist Injured Skier
Monday, January 19, 2015 @ 8:52 PM
Members of Prince George Search and Rescue tend to an injured skier on Tabor Mountain. –Photo Credit: Lauren Phillips
Prince George, B.C. – A successful mission today for Prince George Search and Rescue.
This after they were called out to assist first responders evacuate an injured cross country skier at Tabor Mountain.
The party of two were skiing Tabor’s cross country skiing trails when one fell, injuring her knee badly, at approximately 2:00 p.m.
14 search and rescue members responded on snowmobiles and snowshoes and reached the injured skier by 3:30 p.m, where according to search manager Dale Bull she was located “cold but in good spirits.”
She was later transported safely to the bottom of the mountain.
Comments
Good job yet again. These people are such an asset to our community
Yeah that is awesome. Haven’t heard much about H.E.R.O.S helicopter ambulance service in awhile? Is this still a go or a pipe dream?
Funny, I thought they had ski patrol on all these mountains for such incidents.
Read give more read. They were cross country sking on cross country ski trails not downhill sking! ;)
They always had ski patrol there many years ago , seems that PG has little to nothing left anymore .
Otway Nordic centre has ski patrol for lessons and events. Tabor ski hill has ski patrol when open. The tabor x country trails are essentially back country. Canadian ski patrol in this area does not provide coverage. Also it’s a volunteer organization that most of its funding comes from the dues of its volunteer members so bit much to expect them to be every where. Thankfully we have PGSAR to fill in the many gaps in rescue coverage.
Kudos to PGSAR in this instance, and to all rescue volunteers in general.
metalman.
Thankyou PGSAR you folks do it for nothing, but that’s what makes you very special.
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