the rcmp took part in the search effort for about a week after 18 june 2013. they used dogs, and there was a hailstorm and unfavorable rainy weather on the weekend of 22 june 2013. extensive ground and air efforts were made in the days after basil's disappearance, carried out by numerous search-and-rescue organizations, rcmp air services, relatives, and locals. in the time since search efforts have been made only by search-and-rescue and the tl'azt'en band. an approximate 20 km radius area was searched in the area around tachie/kuzche.