Madrid - Two women hikers who got lost in the Pyrenees Mountains in northern Spain were found frozen to death by rescue teams, officials reported Sunday.

Authorities in the north-eastern city Gerona said three others in the five-member group of hikers survived and were taken to hospital suffering from hypothermia.

The hikers - four women and one man aged between 45 and 60 years - had somehow lost the trail and then had broken up into two groups, officials said.(dpa)