Mount Strachan News Today

The Class D fixed line dangles rescuers up to 300 feet, allowing them to manage heavy loads on technical terrain

The Class D fixed line dangles rescuers up to 300 feet, allowing them to manage heavy loads on technical terrain

Portable equipment ‘brings ICU to the mountain’

While summer weather may be drawing hikers to local mountains, B.C. rescue crews are warning many trails and backcountry areas still have significant amounts of snow.

Ground and air teams were responding and included an ER physician, hoist techs, and Level 2 avalanche forecaster.

  VANCOUVER -- North Shore Rescue long-lined an injured hiker off of Mount Strachan near Cypress Provincial Park on Saturday evening. Shortly after 8 p.m., the search and rescue organization said "all subjects and rescuers" were out of the field. One of the people involved in the avalanche call had a "suspected leg fracture," according to North Shore Rescue.  The reported avalanche came after what had already been a busy day for the volunteer rescue team.  In another Facebook post earli...

North Shore Rescue crews were busy Saturday, responding to three simultaneous calls on Mount Seymour before being called to a supposed avalanche near Cypress Provincial Park.

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  VANCOUVER -- North Shore Rescue is raising serious safety concerns after a slackline was set up on Mount Strachan, in the Cypress Mountain Resort area, where rescue helicopters and other aircraft are frequently flown. A photo sent to NSR Thursday shows a person traversing the line high above a valley between two peaks. “We were just notified that it appears someone has set up a slack line on Strachan. This is extremely dangerous and could kill our members flying in the area,” North S...

  VANCOUVER -- A snowboarder who went out of bounds at Cypress Mountain Ski Resort Tuesday afternoon is lucky to be alive after triggering a small avalanche. It happened just after 3:30 p.m. when the man left the ski area after taking a lift close to the top of Mount Strachan. While being swept up in the avalanche, the man hit his head on a tree and suffered injuries to his face, chest and lower body. “He really is more fortunate than he realizes because if conditions were any worse we ...