[quote=@CyanideSweetie]
[@ERode]sorry I must of misunderstood, what are they crawling up that's so slick?
[/quote]

No, they were crawling up that place in the past. Recall that the Daybreakers only gathered and set out thirty minutes after the distress signal was set, and after that, still had a bunch of travel time.

Right now, your characters are just following tracks (and killing sources of information kek).