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title: "North Shore Rescue pulls two hikers from icy Baden Powell Trail near Cypress"
description: "Two visitors from Alberta were rescued on the Baden Powell Trail near Eagle Bluffs after temperatures dropped and light snow made the steep terrain too slippery to move."
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last_updated: "2026-10-31T17:04:30.579Z"
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North Shore Rescue retrieved two hikers from Alberta from the Baden Powell Trail near Eagle Bluffs on Wednesday after snow and cold temperatures left them unable to move, North Shore News reports.

The call came in at around 11:45 a.m. on October 29. The two young men were about 1,000 metres up the trail in an area that runs from Horseshoe Bay toward Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver.

Search manager Dave Barnett told North Shore News that the area is steep, and the snow cover made the boulders slippery enough that the hikers could not move up or down with confidence. "These guys weren't prepared for snow and they just weren't confident going up and they couldn't get down," he said.

## What rescue teams found

North Shore News reports that two ground teams hiked in from the SAR station in the Cypress Mountain parking lot, carrying extra clothing, heat vests and warm drinks. They reached the hikers about 90 minutes after the call.

One of the two men had decent boots and a jacket. The other was wearing runners and a cotton t-shirt under a lightweight jacket.

Barnett told North Shore News the two men had been stopped for at least two hours in conditions that dropped below freezing overnight. "They had jackets, but they were stopped there for at least two hours before we got to them," he said. Even a medium jacket is not enough when a person is wet and standing still in the cold, he added.

Both hikers were warmed up and able to hike out on their own with the search team alongside them.

## What to carry now

Barnett told North Shore News the incident is a reminder that people need to be prepared for their hike and for the possibility that something goes wrong. "It's winter up in the mountains now," he said.

The gear he named: good boots, traction devices such as microspikes, gloves, a toque and waterproof outer layers.

## Hanes Valley is closed

North Shore News also reports that Hanes Valley, the backcountry section of Lynn Headwaters Regional Park, is now closed for the season. Metro Vancouver closes the area each year when winter conditions set in. North Shore Rescue pulled three women from Hanes Valley earlier in October before the closure.

Most of Hanes Valley has no cell signal, North Shore News notes. Hikers have died there after getting lost.

West Vancouver residents and visitors planning to hike the North Shore mountains can check conditions before heading out and should carry the gear Barnett described. Hanes Valley trails are closed now; other trails in the West Vancouver mountains remain open but require winter equipment.

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