Hiker rescued at 1:30 a.m. after slipping in mud on Mount Olympus in Utah, rescuers say

A hiker and her friends were just below the summit of Mount Olympus when she slipped, Utah rescuers said.

The group was hiking Mount Olympus on Saturday, April 30, and had reached the saddle, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue said.

“On the way back down, the patient slipped and sustained an ankle and knee injury,” rescuers said on Facebook. “With the help of her friends and other hikers, she attempted to walk down on the injured leg.”

The group tried to keep going, but they couldn’t continue. They called for help.

Several teams of rescuers rushed to help the hiker, according to the sheriff’s search and rescue team. They carried the hiker to safety and were off the mountain by 1:30 a.m.

“We call this time of year ‘mud season’ and recommend carrying and using traction devices and trekking poles if you have them when hiking trails that may still have snow, ice, mud, etc,” rescuers said.

Mount Olympus is on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley. It’s about 9,000 feet high. The hiking trail stretches 3.75 miles and gains 4,100 feet in elevation.

This story was originally published May 2, 2022 at 10:48 AM with the headline "Hiker rescued at 1:30 a.m. after slipping in mud on Mount Olympus in Utah, rescuers say."