Last weekend we rode in Fernie, Saturday afternoon we rode the pipeline and headed back to Wrangler's cabin after it started snowing and we lost visibility. We decided to head down just before 4,when heading back we were stopped by a older group saying they had stopped on the trail and could hear two guys yelling for help. We headed that way and stopped and began yelling/listening for the two guys. We faintly heard them and split into to groups trying to get closer to them keeping in radio contact with ourselves. My two buddies were able to talk to the two guys asking if they were hurt, they said no just couldn't get up and out and couldn't ride down.They realized there was no way we could get up to help them( no sled can climb a rock face) so they told the two guys to slide down and walk too us and we were able to double them out to Morrissey staging. My buddy had GPS marked where he was closest to the two. They had staged at Coal Creek so we drove them in there at about 6pm. The sleds were rescued by a guide two days later by dropping two guy in on snowboards to the GPS coordinates. They were covered in a foot of snow and he said without GPS coordinates they never would have found the sleds.
I've been riding with my two buddies in the mountains for 3 years now and I couldn't be more proud the way they handled the situation, we are always looking out for each other and that day we were able to help a couple guys who were likely staying the night up there in bad weather.
I've been riding with my two buddies in the mountains for 3 years now and I couldn't be more proud the way they handled the situation, we are always looking out for each other and that day we were able to help a couple guys who were likely staying the night up there in bad weather.
