Three skiers missing at Sun Peaks were found safe on the morning of Dec. 14.
Sun Peaks Resort LLP (SPR) released a statement Dec. 14 regarding this group, which was reported missing by friends on the afternoon of Dec. 13.
After failing to meet friends at a pre-arranged time, search efforts were launched by Sun Peaks Resort Ski Patrol and Kamloops Search and Rescue, which spent the night of Dec. 13 and early morning hours of Dec. 14 searching until the group was located outside of the resort ski-area boundary. All three skiers were found uninjured.
Kamloops Search and Rescue search manager Alan Hobler told SPIN the skiers went missing in the same location Tomasz Jaholkowski went out of bounds. Jaholkowski was found deceased Dec. 12 after being reported missing on Dec. 11.
“I think they might’ve been following his tracks,” Hobler said.
Six individuals, including the group of three skiers located safely and Jaholkowski, have required search and rescue efforts at the resort this season, which opened Nov. 24.
“It is important to note that, in all recent instances of missing persons on our mountain, the individuals chose to ignore the roped and signed ski area boundary,” SPR announced in a statement.
SPR included a reminder in the statement about the importance of following safety rules when on the mountain.
“We want to reinforce the importance of never leaving the ski area boundary,” SPR wrote. “These boundaries are clearly roped to ensure the safety and protection of all our on-mountain guests. Beyond these ropes lies terrain that has limited to no cellular service, is unpatrolled, often not skiable, and extremely difficult to exit safely.”
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