Two women who went for a hike Saturday and were later lost in Belcarra Regional Park were located by Coquitlam Search and Rescue volunteers at about 10 p.m.
"The trails in Belcarra Park are well marked but there are lots of old mountain bike trails that are not on any of the maps, and they got on one of those," said SAR manager Michael Coyle.
When the hikers realized they were lost at about 7:30 p.m., they called Port Moody Police, which sent the call over to Coquitlam SAR.
Coyle said the women had parked at Woodhaven Swamp, walked down to the beach and then along the Admiralty Point Trail before heading north up the hill and then back across towards their car.
"But when we found them, they were on an unnamed trail one of our members used to run on. Actually, they weren't even on the trail."
Coyle said the hikers simply made a few wrong turns but, fortunately, called for help.
He also noted the women were not prepared for an emergency with adequate clothing, food or water, and were lucky to have been caught out on a relatively warm night.
"On the good side, their [cellphone] battery life was good and they stopped moving but they definitely could have taken a few things to make their experience a little easier," Coyle said.
The six SAR members were able to stay in touch with the hikers via text message and voice contact as they got closer.
"It really does make a difference when you have the battery life on the phone," Coyle said. "If their phone had died and we couldn't talk to them, it would have been harder to understand where they were."
Rescuers reached the hikers at about 10 p.m. and everyone was out by 11:30 p.m.
