SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — A stranded hiker on Mount Superior was saved by Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Saturday evening, per a Facebook post.
At 7:04 p.m. Saturday, Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue (SAR) was called to assist a stranded hiker who was “cliffed out” on the south ridge of Mount Superior, up Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Family stranded overnight in Big Cottonwood Canyon, 2 children in critical condition
The hiker, who had set our earlier Saturday in an attempt to summit the mountain, found themselves off trail as a snowstorm traveled into the Wasatch Mountains.
Amid temperatures dropping below 30 degrees and limited visibility to blowing snow, the hiker called for help…