Six hikers who have been trapped within the snow at about 9,000 toes on Mt. Baldy have been airlifted to security Wednesday, authorities mentioned.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff‘s Division’s Air Rescue Workforce retrieved the hikers, the division posted on social media. A video of the rescue on Bear Canyon Path posted on X, previously referred to as Twitter, exhibits the hikers strolling throughout a snow-covered slope to a helicopter.
The rescue got here days after the stays of lacking 22-year-old hiker, Lifei “Ada” Huang, have been discovered on Mt. Baldy within the Angeles Nationwide Forest. The El Monte resident had disappeared after going mountain climbing alone on Feb. 4 simply as historic winter storms hit Southern California.
Search-and-rescue crews searching for Huang have been stymied by avalanche and snowfall dangers, authorities mentioned. Her physique was finally recovered Sunday morning.
Three different hikers have been rescued on Feb. 7 after they acquired misplaced on a Mt. Baldy path and needed to spend the evening in frigid temperatures.
These hikers, who have been discovered above 4,000 toes, have been skilled mountaineers, in accordance with the Sheriff’s Division, however acquired misplaced when darkness fell on Bear Canyon Path
