Month: July 2014

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BSAR search for missing snowboarders on Mount Bogong 13-15 July 2014

Two snowboarders failed to return home as expected from a trip to Mt Bogong on Saturday evening 12 July.  Police initiated a full BSAR call out of both north east and Melbourne members early Sunday morning.  BSAR members from the Birkenbeiner Nordic Ski Club at Mt Beauty quickly responded, climbing to Michell Hut where the men’s tent was situated, and commenced searching the debris below a recent avalanche site that had been located off the east side of the upper Eskdale Spur.

On Sunday evening a large team of Police Search and Rescue and additional BSAR members from Melbourne climbed to Michell hut and prepared for a large scale search effort.  Searching the avalanche debris located one victim on Monday morning.  On Monday evening all BSAR searchers were flown off Mt Bogong by Police helicopter.

Police Search and Rescue and BSAR searchers preparing at Michell Hut
Police Search and Rescue and BSAR searchers preparing at Michell Hut
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Search and rescue on Mount Bogong for two missing snowshoers 5-6 July 2014

Campsite, Staircase spur.  Photo: Bob Flower
Police received a triple zero 000 call from two men lost on Mt Bogong on Saturday 5 July, who had become separated from the rest of their party in bad weather.
BSAR members from the Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club at Mt Beauty responded at short notice to the BSAR local call out and ascended Staircase Spur during the night.
In the early hours of Sunday morning they located the two men in their collapsed tent near the top of the Staircase Spur.  Both were thoroughly soaked, severely hypothermic and dehydrated.  The men were moved into tents and carefully warmed over the next few hours.

Once sufficiently re-warmed, each man was moved down to Bivouac Hut for further treatment, now assisted by members of Police Search and Rescue Squad.

At Bivouac Hut additional BSAR members from Melbourne and Mt Beauty, as well as local SES personnel, assisted in getting the men off Mt Bogong.  This was successfully achieved by the end of the day.  Both men made a full recovery.

Last Updated on January 26, 2023