Hikers found after long, cold night near Ammonite Falls
NANAIMO — It was a long and wet night in the woods for a pair of lost Nanaimo hikers who relied on a large search party to get them back to civilization.
Nanaimo Search and Rescue (NSAR) president Carly Trobridge told NanaimoNewsNOW the man and woman got lost in the Ammonite Falls area after venturing into the park from the Jameson Rd. trailhead on Wednesday evening.
She said the duo veered off the main path and went uphill a fair distance away. She said the hikers zig-zagged along trails in the woods, winding up deep in the bush above ridges on the side of Mt. Benson in the general area of Northwood Rd.
“They had been wandering for approximately two hours prior to placing the call to the RCMP for assistance,” Trobridge said. “The RCMP then contacted us and we were called out at 9:30 p.m.”