A hiker near Cottonwood Lake in Colorado was stranded in a snowstorm while summitting a 13,000-foot ridge without food or proper gear, rescuers said.
A Colorado hiker wearing only a cotton hoodie was rescued last week after a severe snowstorm stranded them near a mountain summit, rescuers said Saturday. The hiker had 'bushwacked to summit' a 13,000-foot ridge near Mount Princeton on Wednesday, Chaffee County Search and Rescue North said. When the storm moved in, however, the hiker found themselves 'unprepared,' lacking proper gear, food and having run out of water.
Rescuers advised the stranded hiker to keep moving down the mountain. A team of 25 search and rescuers trekked into the snowstorm to locate the hiker, searching several avalanche chutes, which were described as steep and slippery with masses of fallen trees and brush. Shortly before 1 a.m., the crew descended into a gully from the ridge, marching through as much as 8 inches of snow, and found what appeared to be footprints.
The hiker was determined to be alive but suffering from hypothermia. Over the next three hours, rescuers worked to warm up the hiker before setting off on down the steep gully. Ropes were used to lower the hiker down one section of the gully at a time until about 6:15 a.m., when the hiker told rescuers that they could walk. The hiker then walked with crews and reached an ambulance by 7 a.m., the agency said. No update on the hiker’s condition was immediately available.
Rescue officials urged potential hikers to always be prepared with the essentials and to look up the weather before setting off in the outdoors.
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