Footprints in snow result in ’uncommon rock’ that seems to be lacking hiker | US Information

An unprepared hiker was rescued after he was trapped within the Rocky Mountains with solely a cotton hoodie for heat.

Chaffee County Search and Rescue (CCSR) managed to seek out the hiker stranded within the Colorado Rockies after a devastating storm final Wednesday.

Earlier the identical day, the hiker set off to bushwhack a path to the 13,000-foot tall summit of Mount Princeton, CCSR stated.

‘When inclement climate moved within the hiker discovered themself unprepared; out of water, with no meals, carrying solely a cotton hoodie and no solution to heat themself,’ the group stated.

As darkness set in and temperature started to plummet, the hiker determined to observe an avalanche chute down, fairly than flip round and observe his unique path again.

An avalanche chute is a funnel-like clearing created by massive, frequent avalanches, based on the US Forestry Service.

The hiker did have a mobile phone and was in a position to contact rescuers for assist. Nevertheless, rescuers couldn’t get a exact GPS location for the lacking hiker – they may solely inform they have been someplace within the avalanche chute.

Round 12.40am on Thursday morning, a crew or searchers discovered footprints in about 6-8 inches of snow.

‘This crew continued to observe the footprints till they stumbled on an uncommon trying rock at roughly 2am,’ CCSR stated. ‘Upon additional investigation it was decided it was not a rock however the topic sitting upright in a fetal place lined in snow.’

The lacking hiker was ‘alive however very hypothermic,’ the rescuers stated.

First responders spent about three hours warming the stranded hiker. They started the ‘lengthy, strenuous, and arduous extraction’ round 5.00am.

Rescuers used ropes to hoist the hiker down the steep avalanche chute. They have been in a position to stroll by about 6.15am, and walked themselves into an ambulance round 7.00am.