The search for a missing Victoria hiker in Nanaimo has been suspended for the night. Spencer Hunt has been missing for more 24 hours in cold rainy weather.
Search and rescue crews have been looking for the 20-year-old, who went missing while hiking with his family near Ammonite Falls Saturday afternoon. Paul Berry with Nanaimo search and rescue says, "they area where we're looking is very difficult to search there are lots of trails and very thick bush."
Nanaimo SAR team and RCMP have used a dog a chopper and a drone in the thickly woody area. The search will resume at first light.