Over 20 "ill-prepared" hikers were rescued from New Hampshire's Mount Washington after they were trapped in "full winter conditions" without the proper gear, with some developing hypothermia, according to the Mount Washington Cog Railway. The hikers, who were rescued on Saturday by railway officials, had reached the mountain's 6,288-foot summit, but "most had no idea that summit services would be unavailable and that the state park was closed for the season," Andy Vilaine, the assistant general manager for the Mount Washington Cog Railway, said in a statement on Saturday . The train was heading to the summit as normal when crew members discovered "several distressed hikers," Vilaine said in a statement to ABC News. The hikers told the train officials they "didn't think they would be able t
Over 20 'ill-prepared' hikers rescued from snowy Mount Washington: Officials
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