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A father and son who had to be rescued after snowboarding out of bounds at a North Vancouver resort last month have been told to cover the expenses.
North Shore Search and Rescue sent a six-person team into a "high risk situation" on Dec. 29 to retrieve the two.
The two got stuck in a gully where the avalanche risk was high, making things dangerous for their rescuers, who had to get the two up a collapsing vertical slope.
Chris Dagenais, a Grouse Mountain resort spokesman, said every year people have to be rescued while skiing in an out-of-bounds area and that hopefully sending a bill would add another deterrent.
The exact amount of the invoice wasn't disclosed, but Dagenais said it would be enough cover the cost of the rescue.
A father and son who had to be rescued after snowboarding out of bounds at a North Vancouver resort last month have been told to cover the expenses.
North Shore Search and Rescue sent a six-person team into a "high risk situation" on Dec. 29 to retrieve the two.
The two got stuck in a gully where the avalanche risk was high, making things dangerous for their rescuers, who had to get the two up a collapsing vertical slope.
Chris Dagenais, a Grouse Mountain resort spokesman, said every year people have to be rescued while skiing in an out-of-bounds area and that hopefully sending a bill would add another deterrent.
The exact amount of the invoice wasn't disclosed, but Dagenais said it would be enough cover the cost of the rescue.
