The search for an 82-year-old woman who disappeared along a remote logging road in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland last month has been called off, her family revealed Thursday.

While the investigation into Jane Whitehouse’s disappearance remains open, efforts to locate the Langley Township resident will not resume until summer, according to an update posted on Facebook.

Whitehouse was reported missing on October 25, and her Dodge Grand Caravan was found abandoned in a creek along East Harrison Forest Road two days later, baffling her relatives, who had no idea why she might have driven. until there.

In the latest social media update, shared by Melanie Sora on behalf of Whitehouse’s daughter Eileen, the missing elderly woman’s shoes were said to have been recovered from the area, in separate locations. One was located near his truck, while the other was found on a back road in East Harrison on a steep cliff.

Those discoveries, and other factors, have led RCMP and search teams to determine that Whitehouse “likely slipped into the swollen waters of the creek and was swept further downstream,” according to the Facebook post.

“The chance of her surviving falling into freezing water is virtually non-existent. We are at high altitude in the mountains in winter weather. There is snow and it is too dangerous to try to locate her now,” the update said.

Even if Whitehouse didn’t fall into the water, authorities believe he likely would have succumbed to hypothermia.

The family thanked the multiple RCMP detachments and numerous search and rescue teams who assisted in the effort to locate Whitehouse, as well as the friends and community members who spread the word about his disappearance.

While waiting for the search to resume next year, the family also urged supporters not to attempt to navigate the “treacherous mountainside” where the elderly man disappeared.

“The family is at peace with the current situation and with recovery efforts scheduled to resume in the summer, we do not want to see anyone injured or worse in the attempts to find Jane,” they wrote.

“However, if anyone is in the area and sees something unusual or curious, please report it to the RCMP and do not touch anything.”

Authorities previously released a surveillance image of Whitehouse wearing a distinctive green jacket, which she was wearing at the time of her disappearance, and another that appeared to show her behind the wheel of her Dodge Caravan on the logging road.