Members of the Lake County Search and Rescue team Bryce Eldridge (foreground) and Ken Caffrey examine a map and plug coordinates into a GPS device to try and locate stranded skiers on Mount. St. Mary's in St. Ignatius. After locating the group, the rescuers verified that they were uninjured and able to safely exit the wilderness.
March 3, 2010
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Snowed-in skiers OK
ST. IGNATIUS — Reports of stranded backcountry skiers high in the Mission Mountains last Thursday morning prompted a massive response by local law enforcement and search and rescue teams. In the end, it was all for naught as the first rescue group contacting the supposedly trapped three males, a Life Flight helicopter from St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, discovered the report was erroneous and the 49- and 40-year-old men and a 15-year-old youth were uninjured.