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Pemberton Mudslide: 2 Hikers Rescued

Posted on07. Aug, 2010 by TrekBC.

PEMBERTON, B.C. — It was supposed to be an easy weekend hike in the mountains for Vancouver firefighters Mark Nitychoruk and Jay Pruniak.

But all that changed when a search-and-rescue chopper swooped in Friday to scoop them up after the second-largest slide in Canadian history took out a mountainside and part of Capricorn Glacier at Mount Meager, 150 kilometres north of Vancouver.

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Semaphore Lakes Hike Added

Posted on09. Feb, 2010 by TrekBC.

Semaphore Lakes is an easy and very short hike in the Pemberton Area. The round trip is 5 km (3.1 mi) for which you should allow 3 hours.

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