Tonight, COSAR was called out to support the Kelowna Fire Department’s rope team with a high angle rope rescue in Canyon Falls. #kelowna #kelownafiredepartment #bcsar

Thursday night’s training consisted of a full search and rescue scenario. The practice scenario included a search for two subjects, dealing with a simulated broken leg and fractured pelvis for one subject, mild hypothermia for the second subject, and packaging of subjects with transport by UTV. Thank you to all team members for volunteering 4+ hours on a weekday night to further improve your skills so that others may live! #bcsar #bcadventuresmart #kelowna

You can never have enough avalanche training. Two COSAR members recently joined 11 other regional SAR members on an Organized Avalanche Response course at @skibigwhite .

Team members spent a long cold night on the backside of Big White searching for a lost skier. Temperatures were well below -20c throughout the night. The subject was located by team members around 2am and extracted the following morning by helicopter. #thatothersmaylive #bcsar #bcadventuresmart

Several COSAR team members recently completed their AST1 course. Have you taken it or had a recent refresh? #avalanchecanada #bcsar #kelowna #slednecks #backcountryskiing

Today, COSAR members were in Merritt on a mutual aid task searching for a cowboy missing since Saturday. Several teams from throughout the region were involved and will be back on site tomorrow.

A beautiful day for sled training for a few Central Okanagan Search and Rescue members. #bcsar #kelowna #slednecks

It was another busy year for COSAR. 50 Tasks. 64 Task Days. 3500 Task hours... oh and over 9500 hours covering training, administration, and fundraising. We are volunteers that heavily depend on donations. If you are able to support us please visit Cosar.ca. #bcsar

Central Okanagan Search and Rescue was called out last evening to search for two lost snowmobilers. But, by the time COSAR arrived at the Myra Canyon trailhead, the search had turned in to a rescue. Family members had reported the two snowmobilers overdue at 7pm but, as the search was initiated, they managed to get a cell signal from the tower on Little White and were able to relay their exact GPS coordinates to authorities. The heavy fog and variable snow conditions made travel treacherous, so the two then decided to stay put. With the help of two expert snowmobilers from the Kelowna Snowmobile Club, COSAR sent in two teams to locate the sleders and lead them back to safety. Contact was made around 11pm and by 12:30am everyone was back safety at the Myra parking lot after a short detour to the Doghouse cabin to warm up. "It was a textbook operation," said COSAR search manager Kevin Birnie. "The snowmobilers had filed a trip plan and police were notified as soon as they were overdue. When they relayed their GPS coordinates to us, they didn’t move from their location. And they had enough food, water and warm clothing to make the wait comfortable." Brine also thanks the members of the Kelowna Snowmobile Club for their assistance. #bcsar #kelowna

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