Search Ends Hunters found safe after being trapped in three feet of snow
Reported by: Darrah Wilcox
Web Producer: Elisabeth Shaffer
Reported: Dec. 24, 2009 9:56 AM EST
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Seven bear hunters trapped by the weekend storm are now safe and sound.
The hunters got stuck on Cold Knob Mountain after being caught in three feet of snow.
Rescuers found two of the three campsites late Monday, and the others Tuesday afternoon.
The hunters were able to use a radio to contact emergency workers Saturday afternoon.
Snow drifts of about seven feet made the trip up the 43-hundred foot mountain difficult... But workers were able to borrow equipment from a timber company to help with the search.
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