Lake Mountain Search for missing man, August 2002

On Sunday afternoon, 4 August a man became lost in the vicinity of the toboggan run at Lake Mountain. The area was snow covered.

BSAR was called out at midnight, with a large team arriving at Lake Mountain mid morning on Monday 5 August. Searching that day was unsuccessful.

A second BSAR call out provided additional members for Tuesday 6 August, followed by a third call out that evening.

By Wednesday 7 August a large number of BSAR members were involved in the search.

The body of the missing man was located that day and recovered by Police helicopter.

Last Updated on January 30, 2023