*** Teenagers Fine after Overnighting in Mt. Brunswick's Shelter ***

Lions Bay, British Columbia.

24th July 1996
Provincial Emergency Program Task #971607

Lions Bay Search & Rescue were notified that two teenage males were
overdue from a day hike the previous day to the Lions Peaks, near
Vancouver, British Columbia.

The boys, aged seventeen and eighteen, had cell-phoned home at noon
Tuesday, stating that they were high on the Lions Trail, after which
they could no longer be contacted by phone. When they did not return home
late that night the parents called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who
initiated the callout of Lions Bay Search & Rescue at 7am Wednesday.

An RCMP helicopter, with a spotting team, were assigned to the known danger
spots of Harvey Creek (canyon) and the steep rock cliffs of the East and
West Lion while a reconnaissance team was sent to check all the lower-
elevation logging roads leading to the trailheads. Assignments were
prepared for all the major trails leading into the region of the Lions
Peak's, including the Howe Sound Crest Trail.

At 0916 hrs the recce team reported finding the teenagers on the logging
road, returning to their vehicle. It seems they had lost their way in an
overgrown section of the Howe Sound Crest Trail near Harvey Pass and had
spent the night in the emergency shelter on Mount Brunswick's Magnesia
Meadows. At dawn they followed the trail North before descending the steep
route down towards Lions Bay ,where the recce team met up with the hikers.

The teenagers were well equipped with, with good hiking boots, adequate
clothing and and a guide book, and were non the worse except for a few
mosquito bites.

Martin Colwell
Lions Bay Search & Rescue

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