Skaha Bluffs

Skaha Bluffs to see increased RCMP and volunteer patrols

PENTICTON - It’s going to be a lot tougher for thieves to vandalize vacationer's vehicles thanks to local RCMP and volunteer initiatives at Skaha Bluffs. Penticton RCMP and Community Policing volunteers were up at the Skaha Bluffs parking lot today, August 7, conducting a patrol and placing auto crime prevention notices on vehicles in the...

Climbing advocate concerned about vehicle break ins at Skaha Bluffs

PENTICTON - A Penticton rock climber who also happens to be a director of Climbers Access Society of B.C., is concerned about a growing number of thefts from vehicles at the Skaha Bluffs parking lot. Rolf Rybak says two Alberta vehicles were broken into on July 28 at the popular rock climbing site, prying open...

Penticton Search and Rescue called out for second time in a week

PENTICTON - A 59-year-old mountain biker was rescued from Campbell Mountain last night after he somehow injured himself. Penticton Search and Rescue was called in by B.C. Ambulance just before 8 p.m. and nine responders attended, according to a release this morning, May 14. Darkness prevented use of a helicopter so they sent out a...

UPDATE: American killed rock climbing near Penticton identified

PENTICTON – An American in his 30’s fell to his death on Saturday, Aug. 30, while rock climbing in Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park near Penticton. “The man fell from a substantial height,” RCMP Const. Chris Richardson says. “He was deceased upon arrival at hospital.” The victim, identified as Stas Eric Gray of Seattle Washington, was...