By Canadian Press

Two climbers, one of them injured, plucked off sheer mountain northeast of Hope

Aug 6, 2025 | 4:32 PM

HOPE – Members of three search and rescue groups, including volunteers from Chilliwack and Hope, combined efforts to save two climbers off the sheer rock face of Yak Peak near Hope, B.C., early Wednesday after one of the climbers fell and injured their head.

North Shore Search and Rescue says in a social media statement that they went in late Tuesday, but weather was rapidly deteriorating and the climbers were hanging mid-face on the 2,100-metre peak.

It says a hoist crew in a helicopter tried to get over the climbers, but conditions were too dangerous and they had to give up the attempt.

Another helicopter rescue attempt early Wednesday was also turned back because of clouds and rain, which prompted the start of a rope rescue by mountain teams from Hope and Chilliwack.

The statement says a helicopter with a fresh crew was finally able to get above the climbers to lower to two rescue technicians who brought in fall protection.

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“Thank you to Hope SAR for coordinating the task, to Chilliwack SAR for coordinating the ground response, to Talon Helicopters, Lions Bay SAR, EHS and ECC,” North Shore Rescue wrote on Facebook Wednesday.

The injured climber was hoisted out first and then his partner, in what the statement says was a rescue “involving night flying, technical pick offs, mountain rescue, and complex hoists.”

“We wish the climber a speedy recovery,” North Shore Rescue wrote on Facebook.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 6, 2025.

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Fraser Valley Today reporter Mike Vanden Bosch contributed to this report.