A climber is dwarfed by the massive rock face of the Chief in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park in Squamish, B.C., August 16, 2009. Police in Squamish, B.C., say two climbers sustained “significant injuries” and had to be rescued from a route on the Stawamus Chief mountain on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Two climbers injured by rockfall on ‘well-known’ route in Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police in Squamish, B.C., say two climbers sustained “significant injuries” and had to be rescued from a route on the Stawamus Chief mountain on Thursday.
A climber is dwarfed by the massive rock face of the Chief in Stawamus Chief Provincial Park in Squamish, B.C., August 16, 2009. Police in Squamish, B.C., say two climbers sustained “significant injuries” and had to be rescued from a route on the Stawamus Chief mountain on Thursday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police in Squamish, B.C., say two climbers sustained “significant injuries” and had to be rescued from a route on the Stawamus Chief mountain on Thursday.
Squamish RCMP say the climbers were then taken to hospital to receive care.
A social media post from Squamish Search and Rescue says the climbers were injured by a rockfall, and members of its team responded to the call.
It says a helicopter rescue crew was deployed and it used a long line to extract the injured climbers from the rock face.
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The statement says the pair were initially helped by another group of climbers nearby on the “well-known” route in the Bulletheads area of the mountain.
The search team shared a photo showing the rescue from a distance with the two climbers perched in a vertical crack on the sheer-looking granite wall.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 16, 2024.
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