SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah – A hiker was rescued on Saturday night after being stranded for hours on Utah's Mount Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

Around 7 p.m., Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue was called to assist the stranded hiker who was "cliffed out" on the South Ridge of Mount Superior, per the department’s Facebook post .

"The hiker had set out earlier in the day, attempting to summit the mountain, and went off trail when a snowstorm rolled in," Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team said. "The hiker called for help once the temperatures began to drop into the 20s and the blowing snow limited visibility to a few feet."

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Rescue teams gathered near the base of Alta Ski Resort and sent two teams up the mountain from the nearby road.

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