Four hikers were rescued on Friday in Maine on the state’s tallest mountain, according to officials.
Baxter State Park officials in Maine said the two groups of hikers got stranded on Thursday night after dark while on Knife Edge trail on Mount Katahdin, which reaches a maximum height of over 5,000 ft.
One of the hikers was a woman in her 30’s and had an unstable knee injury, but the three other hikers weren’t injured.
“This incident started Thursday night after dark and appears to involve two different hiking parties that became stranded on the Knife Edge. One of the hikers, a female who is in her 30’s, has sustained an unstable knee injury. The other three hikers are not injured,” the state park wrote.
Park rangers provided the hikers with food and other supplies on Friday morning while waiting for a Maine Forest Service helicopter to make the rescue.
The Maine Forest Service helicopter made several attempts to rescue the hikers, but low clouds blocked them. A Blackhawk helicopter crew eventually rescued the hikers.
By late Friday afternoon, all hikers were rescued.
Two people were found dead while hiking on Mount Katahdin in early June.
Tim Keiderling, 58, and his daughter, Esther, 28, were found dead after the two went on a hiking trip.
