One rock climber is dead another in hospital after a climbing accident on Crown Mountain, behind Grouse Mountain.
The incident happened late Wednesday on the Widowmaker route on Crown Mountain.
Rescuers say one man died after falling to his death while his partner tried in vain to save him.
According to North Shore Rescue, the Unidentified climber fell and hit a ledge while a second climber tried in vain to stop his fall with the safety rope, giving himself 3rd-degree burns in the process.
The deceased fell about 75 metres to his death.
A helicopter spotted the surviving climber stranded on a ledge 60 metres up and the dead hiker at the bottom of the cliff face. The survivor told rescuers that the lead climber was about 15 metres above him when the fall happened.
The name of the deceased has not yet been released. The B.C. Coroner's Service is now investigating the incident.