After a chilly overnight search failed to locate the pair, Vernon Search and Rescue said two missing snowmobilers were found late Tuesday morning.
Leigh Pearson, search manager with Vernon Search and Rescue, said the snowmobilers left their homes Monday, intending on doing a day trip to the Bouleau Lake area, northwest of Okanagan Lake.
However, they never returned home as planned on Monday.
“Our crew was out all night. They are back home now because they are just exhausted,” Pearson said on Tuesday morning before the snowmobilers were located.
“It was extremely cold up there last night. A couple of our members got a little bit of frostbite… pretty minor.”
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Two helicopters were in the air Tuesday morning to continue with the search, while other search-and-rescue members from Salmon Arm, Kamloops and Kelowna were also called in to assist with the search.
In addition to the area around Bouleau Lake, Pearson said, crews were looking for the pair in the drainages leading from it.
– with files from Jules Knox
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