"Rescue teams began to climb the 4,083-foot mountain at about 6 p.m., searching for the freezing hikers, police said. Temperatures were below zero, with wind chills nearing minus 20 degrees. There was also deep snow on the mountain, police said. Emergency crews audibly directed the hikers to the Alpine Trail, where the two began to make their way below the tree line, police said."
"Search and rescue teams began heading to the Monroe Trail, with a team of rescuers climbing the peak with a stretcher. The Monroe Trail intersects with the Alpine Trail, Vermont State Police said. At 11:20 p.m. rescue teams reached the hikers, who were suffering from hypothermia, according to State Police. The man was able to walk down the trail after being warmed. The woman was loaded onto the stretcher, police said."
Two Canadian hikers, a 21-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman, became extremely cold and called 911 while near the summit of Camel's Hump in Duxbury, Vermont. Rescue teams began ascending the 4,083-foot mountain around 6 p.m. in below-zero temperatures, with wind chills near minus 20 degrees and deep snow. Emergency crews guided the hikers to the Alpine Trail and search teams approached via the Monroe Trail with a stretcher. Rescuers reached the pair at 11:20 p.m.; both suffered hypothermia. The man walked down after warming; the woman was carried and taken to hospital. Both hikers are expected to recover.
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