While looking for the lost dog, North Shore Rescue members were also called out to save a hypothermic and lost mother and son pair who splashed through Mosquito Creek.
North Shore Rescue members saved a mother and son who became lost and hypothermic in Mosquito Creek, Monday. And volunteers remain in the field trying to recover a dog that fell over a cliff at Cypress Mountain ski resort.
“Of course, the terrain just got steeper and steeper, and then it got really icy and the dog just completely lost control and disappeared from view,” Sovdat said. A rescue volunteer roped down the steep cliff and spotted what looked like an impact spot with some brown fluid in the snow, but Sovdat said they could not see the dog. The team also searched the area using a drone, but attempting to find a black dog within the dense vegetation also proved difficult.Just after 6 p.m. another ground team had to be put into action after a mother and son called 911 to report that they were lost in Mosquito Creek.
The team supplied them with some warm clothes, water and food, but getting them out required rescuers to help them back up 120 metres of 45-degree slope with a series of ropes. “Stick to your plan. Don’t try to do something you really don’t know about. When you’re hiking, please be prepared. Bring appropriate gear,” he said. “They had basically stopped. You can see everything was getting worse for them. Navigation is a huge thing, especially if you’re going to somewhere you don’t know.”
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