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Searchers scour rugged Vancouver-area backcountry for missing hikers

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Aug, 2014 08:29 AM

VANCOUVER - Two residents from New York are missing in the rugged backcountry of Vancouver's North Shore mountains.

The man and woman became separated from a larger group Monday on the Howe Sound Crest trail, a demanding hike between the Cypress Mountain resort in West Vancouver and Porteau Cove, along Howe Sound, north of Vancouver.

Most hiking guides advise taking two days to complete the rough 29-kilometre trail, but the group may have intended to complete the estimated 11-hour hike in a single day.

Teams from North Shore Rescue and Lions Bay Rescue began searching from each end of the trail at about 9 Monday night and met in the middle overnight without finding any sign of the missing pair.

There's concern the man and woman, in their 20s, are not carrying any extra food, clothing, water, flashlights or provisions for an overnight stay.

New teams of searchers were heading into the area at first light. (Global)

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