Thanks to a quick response by North Shore Rescue and some tricky helicopter work, two hikers were home in time for dinner Sunday instead of spending a freezing the night in the wilderness.
The women were on their way back from Dam Mountain just north of Grouse Mountain Sunday afternoon when they got turned around on a confusing portion of the trail and wound up heading west into the Capilano watershed. When they realized they were lost, they called 9-1-1.
Luckily, their phone’s GPS co-ordinates were accurate and the helicopter and pilot were at the hanger when the call came in. The tricky part was lowering NSR volunteers to the lost hikers in a heavily treed area, said Tim Jones, NSR team leader.
“It was a very precision guided rescue. The pilot did an extremely skilled job of getting us in . . . through a hole in the canopy and we were able to take them out just before darkness.”
