Searchers rescue snowboarder stranded 2 days in wilderness near Vancouver
WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. - A 33-year-old snowboarder from Ottawa is recovering after being rescued from a wilderness area north of Vancouver where he was stranded for two days.
Sebastien Boucher got lost on Sunday after straying out of bounds near the Cypress Mountain ski area.
Initial attempts to find him were hampered by poor weather and the risk of avalanches, but searchers managed to locate his tracks late Tuesday in a gully near the Sea-to-Sky Highway.
A Cormorant helicopter was brought in to lift him out of the area and take him to safety, where he was pronounced in stable condition, despite his ordeal.
Boucher's mother Micheline Simoneau is praising the North Shore Search and Rescue team, calling them "angels" and "the best in the world".
The rescue came in the nick of time as a new snowstorm barrelled down on the Metro Vancouver area, following one on Tuesday that snarled morning commuter traffic.
Sebastien Boucher got lost on Sunday after straying out of bounds near the Cypress Mountain ski area.
Initial attempts to find him were hampered by poor weather and the risk of avalanches, but searchers managed to locate his tracks late Tuesday in a gully near the Sea-to-Sky Highway.
A Cormorant helicopter was brought in to lift him out of the area and take him to safety, where he was pronounced in stable condition, despite his ordeal.
Boucher's mother Micheline Simoneau is praising the North Shore Search and Rescue team, calling them "angels" and "the best in the world".
The rescue came in the nick of time as a new snowstorm barrelled down on the Metro Vancouver area, following one on Tuesday that snarled morning commuter traffic.
First and foremost, I am glad he is safe. That being said, I feel strongly that he needs to either reimburse the search and rescue group for expenses and/or volunteer to help out on future search and rescues. The only reason I am saying that is because he chose to go out of bounds (which I understand is the fun thing to do), but when you do, you are technically choosing to take that risk.
Send the rescue bill to all the idiots who for whatever reason decide they are too cool to ski with everyone else and decide to go out of bounds and get buried by Avalanche , or get lost and freeze , or whatever else can happen. Let em thaw in the spring, i say.
@sportbuff01 I'm with you. Some people feel sorry for these people who deliberately go out of bounds and get lost. Then for rescuers to go out in snow storms to find them. I agree with you.
Hopefully the jackknob receives a bill for services rendered finding his dumb butt. At least that's what should happen when you "stray" make that decide, to ski out of bounds.
"Sebastien Boucher got lost on Sunday after straying out of bounds near the Cypress Mountain ski area."
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Straying? Uh, no. You don't "stray" Â off marked OOB markers. Dude, thought it would be a gnarly ride down.
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Glad the young man is able to carry on his lineage.