{"id":788361,"date":"2026-05-11T08:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788361\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T08:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T08:34:12","slug":"snowmobiler-missing-in-northwestern-b-c-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/788361\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowmobiler missing in northwestern B.C. found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Snowmobiler found dead<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press &#8211; May 10, 2026 \/ 9:05 pm | Story: 613611<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"An RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7675cc4073c34553e17d15d545e8d7ebd4b55111fe3ee0808dc24205b73fdd0a.jpg\" style=\"height:412px; width:640px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>An RCMP epaulette is seen in Edmonton, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Jason Franson<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE 9:05 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>A missing snowmobiler has been found dead in northern B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Atlin RCMP said three people had set out to retrieve a broken-down snow machine in Haines Pass when one of the group got separated from the others and failed to meet up with his party.<\/p>\n<p>Due to treacherous winter conditions and zero visibility, rescue efforts were limited on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, a break in the weather allowed a helicopter and snowmobile group to access the area where the missing person was thought to be located. At approximately 2 p.m., the missing man was found deceased, about 4 kilometres from his last known location.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation has been handed over to the BC Coroners Service.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ORIGINAL 12:55 p.m. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mounties are searching for a snowmobiler from Whitehorse who went missing near the British Columbia-Yukon boundary.<\/p>\n<p>Police say in a news release that three snowmobilers set out to retrieve a broken down snow machine from the area of Haines Pass in northwestern B.C. on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>They say around 4 p.m. that day, one of them was separated from the group and the two others returned to the parking lot area and waited for him to return.<\/p>\n<p>The RCMP say they were alerted about the missing man by his sister, a Whitehorse resident, around 10 p.m. on Friday, and note in the release that he did not have any survival gear or a satellite phone and that snowy and windy conditions worsened, creating zero visibility.<\/p>\n<p>RCMP search-and-rescue teams have been staging in the area since daybreak on Saturday, police say, and searches by helicopter have also been attempted during short windows of visibility.<\/p>\n<p>They say Mounties from both B.C. and Yukon are assisting in the search, and police are warning anyone against doing their own search.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is extremely dangerous, and well intended actions could very well result in RCMP diverting resources to search for additional people who are either lost, stranded or struck by avalanche,&#8221; the statement says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RCMP officers are at various points on the Haines Highway, please speak to them before entering the area.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Snowmobiler found dead The Canadian Press &#8211; May 10, 2026 \/ 9:05 pm | Story: 613611 Photo: The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":788362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-788361","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116555026770807526","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}