Paramedics and members of Penticton and District Search and Rescue were called to rescue an injured female hiker and her male companion north of Summerland on Monday evening.
The call was received shortly after 7 p.m.
The two hikers were over an embankment near La Punta Norte, north of Summerland.
The only access to them was from the highway, above the embankment.
Members of Naramata Fire Rescue provided assistance with their fire rescue vessel, which was in place at the bottom of the embankment.
Ryanne Vorlich, manager on duty at Penticton and District Search and Rescue, said workers had just started their weekly training session with 29 members in attendance.
A team of 22 search and rescue volunteers arrived at the scene by 8 p.m.
The High Angle Rescue Group lowered responders with a stretcher. They then lowered the hikers to the fire rescue vessel on the lake.
The hikers were then taken to a nearby beach, where B.C. Ambulance Service paramedics were waiting.
Vorlich said search and rescue volunteers had returned from a weekend rope rescue training session in Kamloops.
“Within 24 hours, those skills were being deployed to help someone in need,” she said.
