Woman rescued after sliding down Kelowna’s Dilworth Mountain

An 18-year-old women slid three-quarters of the way down Dilworth Mountain in Kelowna after climbing over a guard rail yesterday.

RCMP officers, firefighters and other emergency services found her under a tree near Chilcotin Crescent and Bowron Street at about 12:20 p.m. yesterday, Sept. 27, according to an RCMP media release.

Officers descended the hillside, put her in a harness and lowered here down the hill.

She suffered scratches to her back and was taken to Kelowna General Hospital for minor treatment.

“We are proud of the quick thinking officers who went above and beyond by climbing down the embankment, putting themselves at risk in order to rescue this young female from further harm,” Const. Mike Della-Paolera, Kelowna RCMP’s media relations officer, said in the release.

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