A hiker bought caught within the chilly in North Cheyenne Canyon in southwest Colorado Springs for a number of hours Saturday morning earlier than firefighters rescued them.
Colorado Springs firefighters responded about 6:50 a.m. to a name of a hiker who was caught on steep terrain within the canyon and unable to maneuver, in accordance with the Colorado Springs Fireplace Division in a video posted on Fb.
Rescue crews positioned the hiker with a drone and hiked to the individual to start a rope rescue. Rescuers used the rope system to carry the hiker down the facet of a rocky ledge.
The hiker was off the mountain by 9:22 a.m., in accordance with the division.
The hiker was taken to a hospital with some accidents and frostbite.
A couple of firefighters additionally suffered chilly publicity in the course of the rescue and have been warmed up on the scene.
Colorado Springs had a excessive temperature of solely 8 levels Saturday morning as an arctic chilly blast swept via the state Friday night time. Single-digit temperatures above and beneath freezing and wind chills as little as minus 30 levels are doubtless throughout the Entrance Vary and jap Colorado via Tuesday morning.
