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Cross-Country Skiers Stranded Overnight in Glacier National Park

By KFBB News Team

Story Created: Jan 16, 2012 at 12:14 AM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 16, 2012 at 12:14 AM MDT

Two cross-country skiers are home safe tonight after they were stranded in Glacier National Park.

Officials say a married couple sent out an emergency call from a special device Saturday night.

A search and rescue team wasn't able to reach the skiers until Sunday because of bad weather and trail conditions.

Glacier National Park officials say a helicopter plucked the 46-year-old man and 39-year-old woman out of the backcountry.

Spokeswoman Denise Germann says the husband and wife sent an emergency call from a special device about 8 PM Saturday from a remote location in the North Fork area of the park about six miles north of Polebridge.

Germann says bad weather, difficult trail conditions and darkness delayed the rescue until Sunday morning when park rangers and members of the Flathead County Search and Rescue went in on snowshoes and skis.

Germann says the weather cleared allowing a helicopter to retrieve the married couple, she says the couple returned home using their own vehicle about 2 PM Sunday.

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