Two Brazilian tourists had to be helped down Grouse Mountain Thursday after biting off more than they could chew.
North Vancouver RCMP paged North Shore Rescue members around 8:30 p.m. after the couple became exhausted and stuck in the dark at the three-quarter mark of the BCMC Trail.
"They were ill-prepared in both physical ability and equipment, and they got stuck at the snowline, which on the North Shore Mountains right now, is about 850 metres," said Doug Pope, NSR search manager.
A Grouse staffer hiked down to their position and North Shore Rescue members met up with the group at the midway point before "very slowly and tenuously" helping them down to the base. "It was a tedious process. It took over three hours to get (them) down to the Grouse base," Pope said.
