Search for missing hiker Carl Couture in Grouse Mountain area to resume at first light

The search for missing 24-year-old Carl Couture will resume on Monday morning.

Vancouver Police reported the West End man went missing on Nov. 2, and was last seen on Halloween.

North Shore Rescue team leader Mike Danks said 23 search members looked for Couture in the Grouse Mountain backcountry on day three of the search.

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“There is a grave concern at this point,” he said. “We are still treating this as a rescue operation but I think there’s certainly some things that are not working in his favour and that’s the lack equipment that he had, the lack of knowledge of the area, and of course the time of (the) season.”

He said crews searched the west side of Lynn Creek Sunday after scouring the east side on Saturday.

Couture is believed to have gone missing after a hike.

“The hope is that he’s hunkered down somewhere and he’s trying to keep himself warm. But we are conducting this search really focusing on a non-responsive subject at this time,” Danks said.

Members from Coquitlam and Surrey search-and-rescue teams are also helping in the search for Couture.

Danks says crews will search from Norvan Falls to Lynn Headwaters on Monday, and also check an area on the east side of the Hanes Valley trail.

Couture was last seen at his home on Thurlow and Haro streets. Police said he recently moved to B.C. from Eastern Canada, and he hadn’t shown up for work or contacted anyone since Oct. 31.

~With files from Jesse Ferreras and Jon Hall