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VAIL, Colo.—Two hikers from Michigan were rescued from the 14,005-foot Mount of the Holy Cross after they became stranded on a ridge below the summit, authorities said.
Rescuers reached the men on Monday and escorted them to a Colorado Air National Guard helicopter that carried them to the nearby town of Minturn, about 80 miles west of Denver. They were not hurt.
Jeff Snapper, 28, and his stepbrother Adam Van Essen, 23, called 911 on a cell phone at about noon Monday to report they were stranded on a ridge and couldn’t go up or down safely, authorities said.
They had started their hike at about 6 a.m. but lost the trail, officials said.
The men’s hometown wasn’t available.
