A Kamloops boy who was at the centre of a massive search effort has been located safely.
Fourteen-year-old Carson Hadwin had gone snowboarding at Sun Peaks Sunday, taking the shuttle from Kamloops.
When he didn’t return to the shuttle in the afternoon, the company contacted Hadwin’s family.
RCMP and search and rescue crews then began the lengthy search effort that stretched to today’s happy conclusion.
The tears were flowing as Carson stepped off the helicopter after a night out on the mountain.
“Tears. Just thankful, thank-you to everyone, (Search and) Rescue and stuff for finding him,” said family friend Chad Yanciw. “Because it gets cold up here at night, I can only imagine how he was feeling.”
Search and rescue members had been out at Sun Peaks for hours, scouring the mountain for any sign of the young snowboarder.
“We have teams that have been out all night and most of today and they’re exhausted, but they’re absolutely elated as well. Everybody’s very excited,” said Kamloops Search and Rescue volunteer search manager Alan Hobler.
