Search on for two hikers missing on BC’s Cypress Mountain

Dec 27, 2016 | 5:36 AM

VANCOUVER — North Shore Rescue says it is standing down for the night in the search for two hikers who may be lost on Cypress Mountain and in the attempted rescue of a snowboarder who was reported missing in the Howe Sound area.

The two hikers embarked on a Christmas Day hike on the British Columbia mountain but have not been heard from since. A search was prompted by the discovery of their car in a parking lot.

The vehicle is registered to 43-year-old Roy Tin Hou Lee, and it’s believed he is accompanied by 64-year-old Chun Sek Lam.

NSR says the snowboarder has been found in a steep gully but the rescue agency says the avalanche risk is too high and he will “have to dig in for the night” until a rescue operation resumes at first light.