KILLINGTON, Vt. — Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued in freezing temperatures Saturday after getting lost in the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police said.
After the call came in around 2:30 p.m., search and rescue crews hiked, snowshoeed and used skis with skins to travel about 5 miles to bring a group of 21 missing skiers and riders back to safety, Killington police posted on Facebook.
The temperature is in the single digits.
Skiers and snowboarders warm up in the rescue vehicle upon return.
Then another call came in for two more missing skiers.
Six rescuers went back into the forest, found them and brought them out to safety around 7:30 p.m., police said.
Rescuers included members of Killington Search and Rescue and the Killington Resort Ski Patrol.
Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued after getting lost in Killington, Vermont on January 20, 2024. Killington Police Department
The group disappeared in single-digit temperatures. Killington Police Department
“Special thanks must go to all the volunteers who answered and carried out this call,” the police department said.
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