100 Mile House, B.C. – Cariboo Search and Rescue officials say the two snowmobilers have been found safe and sound after spending the night on Mica Mountain near 100 Mile.

For some unknown reason the men were stranded on the mountain overnight but were prepared and were able to start a fire.

They were spotted by helicopter late Sunday morning and were reached by a search crew on the ground. The RCMP in 100 Mile House have now clarified the situation regarding the search for two overdue snowmobilers.

Sgt. Troy Durand says that two pair had been reported missing  to the 100 Mile House RCMP  around 9:00  Saturday night when they  failed to return home from  snowmobiling in the Spanish Mica Mountain area.

Sgt. Durand says some Vancouver media had reported two snowmobilers were also  missing in the Valemount area, however, it has been confirmed by the RCMP that there are no snowmobilers reported missing in the Valemount area at this time.

Editor’s note:

This story has been updated to  indicate the two have been found