COSAR’s snowmobile team was called out yesterday to extract three skiers from the Two John Lake area near the Big White Mountain ecological reserve.

Access to the rescue was hampered as a vehicle recovery crew had blocked Big White Road trying to remove a crashed tanker truck. However, with the help of the Big White Ski Patrol, the subjects dug a snow cave and waited for search and rescue to arrive.

“They did everything correctly,” said search manager Kevin Birnie.

“They were well prepared; they had the 10 essentials and the Big White Ski Patrol made sure they were OK. They just needed a ride back to civilization.”

It was COSAR’s eighth task of 2024.