Thanks to a quick response by North Shore Rescue and some tricky helicopter work, two hikers were home in time for dinner Sunday when they faced spending 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."
