Windy weather prevented three stranded tourists from being airlifted from the Ailsa mountain range in Fiordland National Park on Monday night.
The three women were picked up by helicopter yesterday morning, after spending the night with two search and rescue members who had been flown in.
Otago Lakes-Central area commander Inspector Olaf Jensen, of Queenstown, said the women used a mountain radio to contact authorities about 10pm on Monday after the weather deteriorated in the Emily Pass area.
They were overseas visitors in their late 20s. None needed medical attention. They were flown to the Glenorchy end of the Routeburn track.
-By Mandy Cooper
