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UPDATE: 10:05 a.m.
Two skiers who were caught in an avalanche on a West Vancouver mountain have been rescued after a frigid overnight stay.
North Shore Search and Rescue says a helicopter flew to Cypress Mountain and crews rescued the men from an out-of-bounds area with a long line just before 9:30 a.m.
The skiers were caught in an avalanche on Sunday afternoon and were forced to stay overnight after the search had to be called off due to a high avalanche risk in the area.
Search manager Doug Pope says the men reported by text message that they were safe where they were, and volunteers gave them instructions on how to stay warm.
Pope says the men are being assessed by paramedics and will likely be taken to hospital, but it appears they're in "pretty good" condition and crews are relieved.
He says there were signs warning skiers not to go out of bounds in the area known as Tony Baker Gully, which is named after a teenager who died there.
Pope says the frightening situation should be a warning to other skiers.
"This worked out OK but you can just see a scenario where it doesn't. They could have died there yesterday in that avalanche."
Temperatures dipped as low as -6 C and the skiers were likely unprepared for an overnight stay, Pope added.
"It would have been a very, very cold night for them," Pope said on Monday. "They were caught in an avalanche yesterday and managed to escape, but they would have been wet from that. Trudging in that gulley all afternoon would have got them wet.
ORIGINAL: 6:30 a.m.
Two missing skiers are expected to be rescued this morning after spending a cold night on Cypress Mountain.
The pair was found Sunday by North Shore Rescue in an out-of-bounds area known as Tony Baker Gulley, a “steep, treacherous, avalanche prone area.”
But a statement on the search and rescue group's Facebook page said there was too great an avalanche danger to attempt a rescue Sunday.
“Due to high avalanche conditions, AVI danger assessments, and observed avalanches in the area, NSR will not be committing crews further into the gully at this time,” said the group.
“There is also a danger crews may trigger avalanches above the missing skiers. NSR will be pulling out crews that are in the field.”
A rescue helicopter is expected to be called out this morning to aid in the rescue.
– with files from David Wylie
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