Man dies after collapsing on Grouse Grind trail in North Vancouver

VANCOUVER – A man has died after collapsing on a popular trail on North Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain.

North Vancouver RCMP Corp. Richard de Jong says it happened at around 8 p.m. Wednesday night.

He says the man in his 50s suffered a heart attack at the halfway point of the Grouse Grind trail.

Mounties, North Shore Rescue and B.C. Ambulance responded and the man was airlifted off the mountain.

RCMP say the man was not transported to hospital and was pronounced dead at the scene.

De Jong says the man was from Surrey and his family has been notified.

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