Hikers Rescued from Pitch-Black Trail Above Altadena Saturday

PHOTO/Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor

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ALTADENA - Two men from Huntington Park were led off the mountainside above Altadena after straying far off a hiking trail.

The Altadena Mountain Rescue Team were dispatched to the Mt. Lowe Motorway just before 8 p.m. January 12. The hikers, both 20 and 22 years old, were able to use a cell phone to communicate with rescuers, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

The hikers were finally found -- 1000 feet from the road and 600 feet over the side of the mountain. Neither of the hikers were equipped with hiking gear or flashlights, deputies said.

Rescuers used several hundred feet of rope to assist the men who then walked out on their own.

Rescuers finally left the mountain by 2:30 a.m.

No one was injured.