Two rescued after ducking boundary closures

Update:

Initial investigation has determined that four skiers, a 24-year old man and 28-year-old woman from Jackson, a 24-year-old man from Portsmouth, New Hampshire and a 31-year-old woman from Breckenridge, Colorado exited the ski area boundary off the Teton Chairlift at around 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Two of the skiers got lost on the trail. They had cell phone access and called a friend who contacted ski patrol. A Teton County Search and Rescue helicopter conducted an aerial search, but was unable to confirm their location.

At 8:30 p.m. three rangers were taken to the top of the chairlift and began a ground search in Granite Canyon.

The area is a high hazard avalanche area in steep terrain with numerous trees and cliffs. The rangers used ropes and belay systems to move down the canyon. They located the skier and snowboarder in the Spock Chutes area. They were not injured and the rangers accompanied them back up the mountain to the ski area boundary.

The group reached the boundary at about 2:30 a.m. and skied to the base of the resort by 2:45 a.m.

Original Story

Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued two persons north of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.

The search and rescue operation began Thursday night and continued until they were rescued at around 3 a.m. Friday.

The two people were not injured.

According to the park, a group of downhill skiers ducked under a boundary rope at the resort Thursday afternoon. Two of the people got lost in Granite Canyon.

More information is expected later.