Two hunters, aged 60 and 71, found safe after cold night lost in B.C. Interior

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – A pair of hunters are safe after spending a cold night lost in the B.C. Interior.

The two men, aged 60 and 71, were reported missing Friday after failing to return from trip to an area near Monte Lake, southeast of Kamloops.

A search-and-rescue volunteer spotted their vehicle Saturday afternoon and found the men, who were cold and shaken but otherwise OK.

Robert Driver, the 71-year-old, says he and a friend were out hunting moose when his truck became stuck in the snow on a remote mountain-top road.

Driver says between hip problems and arthritis, walking all the way out to the main road in deep snow wasn’t an option, although the pair made two attempts.

Driver says his daughter is now on his case to use GPS navigation.

(CHNL, CFJC)