Hikers rescued less than a week after tourist death

Two bushwalkers with mild hypothermia are being rescued from rugged wilderness, less than a week after a tourist died in the same area.

The pair activated an emergency beacon at 7.15pm on Wednesday in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain National Park, but an attempt to reach them by helicopter was called off in bad weather.

An on-foot search and rescue group reached the bushwalkers and were expected to walk with them to safety on Thursday morning.

They were given treatment for mild hypothermia.

Temperatures in the national park reached zero degrees on Thursday morning - snow has fallen in the area in the past week.

It comes less than a week after a female Chinese tourist died in the national park after being "overcome" by weather conditions while walking with a group.

The group had been on a