Two local hikers were rescued from the Mendenhall Glacier area early this morning.
Michael Spano, 24, and Joy Bartlett, 22, got disoriented after sundown yesterday and were unable to find the trail. They called for help around 8:45 p.m.
Alaska State Trooper Andrew Neason coordinated the search from the Haines office.
“An officer from the U.S. Forest Service was able to actually see where they were at on the trail because of their headlamps,” Neason says.
Juneau Mountain Rescue located the hikers around 11 p.m. and everyone was off the West Glacier Trail around 1 a.m. Neason says no one was injured.
