5 hikers missing on Mount Harvey near Lions Bay, B.C.: Squamish RCMP
LIONS BAY, B.C. — A search for five people missing along B.C.’s North Shore Mountains will resume at first light.
Squamish RCMP Staff Sgt. Jolaine Percival says six hikers got into trouble Saturday afternoon while climbing the Mount Harvey summit northeast of the Village of Lions Bay.
She says a 911 call came in just before 4 p.m. to report an avalanche had occurred and that five of the six hikers were possibly missing.
Percival says Lions Bay Search and Rescue was immediately activated, and with the assistance of Squamish and North Shore Rescue deployed 19 volunteers and two chartered helicopters.