Kathryn McKee and her hiking partner huddled in the darkness, waiting for a search team to make its way through subzero temperatures and sustained winds of 50 to 60 miles per hour.

Two experienced hikers were rescued after an hourslong ordeal in which they became stranded in waist-deep snow and whiteout conditions on New Hampshire's challenging Mount Washington.

Two Massachusetts hikers got lost in waist-deep snow in whiteout conditions on Mount Washington, the tallest mountain in the Northeast.

Two experienced hikers were rescued after an hourslong ordeal in which they became stranded in waist-deep snow and whiteout conditions.

They were in waist-deep snow and whiteout conditions. They were lost on the tallest mountain in the Northeast, known for its extreme, changeable weather. “That snow has nothing to stick to,” said Amy Cotter,