![]() ![]() Read then realized he could not make it back up to the trail and started working down the drainage, according to park officials. Read then slipped into an unnamed drainage on the east side of Huckleberry Mountain, where he descended into chest-deep snow, losing his phone, water bottle and shoes. Read hiked the Huckleberry Lookout trail on Friday, reaching the first saddle, where he encountered a snowfield covering the trail, according to park officials. Officials said he is in stable condition. He was flown out of the park and transferred to an ambulance. Read was found "somewhat responsive" and was extracted by a 175-foot hoist, according to park officials. Two Bear Air rescuers saw a thermal heat signature in heavily forested terrain and lowered a rescuer to the location. Rescue personnel found 19-year-old Matthew Read at 11 p.m. A missing teenage hiker was rescued from chest-deep snow in Montana's Glacier National Park after going missing for three days, officials announced Tuesday. ![]()
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