Hiker found safe after spending night lost on North Shore mountains
Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:09:33 +0000
A hiker who spent a sub-zero night on Vancouver’s North Shore mountains was found on Thursday afternoon.
Martin Colwell with Lions Bay Search and Rescue says the hiker, who’s in his 20s, split off from his companion Wednesday when they reached Unnecessary Mountain north of West Vancouver’s Cypress Provincial Park.
He intended to continue to the West Lion and then return south along a challenging hike that would end in Cypress Bowl parking lot where his companion would pick him, but he never arrived and was reported missing Wednesday evening.
Colwell says the man had limited food, no pack, compass, shelter or additional warm clothes and his cellphone battery was believed to be dead.
All the main trails between the man’s starting point in Lions Bay and his planned destination had been searched before dawn.
Two helicopters and additional searchers had been called in to assist.
RCMP dog handler and helicopter pilot get ready to search for a hiker lost overnight along the Howe Sound Crest Trail.
Looking towards the West Lion, on the left, from Unnecessary Mountain along the Howe Sound Crest Trail in this file shot from summer 2019.
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