A day of four-wheeling turned into a two-night, snow-laden ordeal when a 55-year-old man’s truck got stuck near Mt. Herman Road.
El Paso County Search and Rescue workers found the man “pretty hypothermic” about 8 p.m. Tuesday, said Reg Francklyn, an El Paso County Search and Rescue spokesman.
“I don’t think he would have survived another night,” Francklyn said.
The man, whose name was not released, was driving Sunday afternoon on Forest Road 320C off Mt. Herman Road when his truck became stuck, Francklyn said.
He called his family that day, and equipped with a sleeping bag and extra clothes, he weathered a snowstorm Sunday night. When his family couldn’t find him Monday, he survived single-digit temperatures during a second night on the mountain, Francklyn said.
A dozen rescuers were summoned to the mountain at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday when the man called for help, Francklyn said. Late Tuesday, he was being carried off the mountain.
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