{"id":1629,"date":"2026-06-16T04:04:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:04:45","slug":"lost-ill-equipped-hikers-rescued-from-telluride-via-ferrata-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"Lost, \u2018ill-equipped\u2019 hikers rescued from Telluride via ferrata route"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A Colorado search and rescue team helped two hikers who became stuck on Telluride\u2019s via ferrata route.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1627\">Rod Stewart postpones Red Rocks concerts today and Tuesday<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two women began the technical route at approximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday and became stuck on a cliff on the canyon walls that tower above the southwestern Colorado town. A via ferrata route requires the use of climbing equipment and clipping into a metal cable to traverse narrow ledges and steep rock walls using iron rungs and handholds.<\/p>\n<p>The San Miguel County Search and Rescue team responded to the hikers\u2019 call for help at 9:55 p.m. Saturday, according to the San Miguel County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The rescue team attempted to verbally guide the women down the route but, when that failed, sent a team to help them rappel down.<\/p>\n<p>The rescue mission lasted approximately four hours. Neither hiker was injured, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>The women, one from Utah and one from Idaho, did not carry food, water or adequate clothing layers. Neither had experience with a via ferrata route.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1625\">Did Denver miss out by not going all out to host World Cup?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese two hikers could have spent the night stranded on the cliffs, cold, frightened and at risk of injury or worse had it not been for our dedicated and highly skilled SAR team,\u201d San Miguel County Undersheriff Nick Xavier said in a news release. \u201cPeople need to exercise better judgment and be appropriately experienced and prepared before attempting terrain this technical.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telluride\u2019s via ferrata requires technical climbing abilities, according to the Telluride Mountain Club. Those without significant climbing experience should hire a guide as an accident on the route could be fatal.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1623\">8 people presumed dead after B-52 bomber crashes at US Air Force base in Southern California<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Colorado search and rescue team helped two hikers who became stuck on Telluride&#8217;s via ferrata route without proper equipment, food or water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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