Snow has fallen around Cradle Mountain's popular bushwalking trails as temperatures plunge. Photo: HANDOUT/TASMANIA POLICE

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

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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 treat

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