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  • Children OK after night in the woods ( Snow, cold on Lost Man trail, grizzly bears ? )

    10/04/2006 11:04:06 AM PDT · by george76 · 5 replies · 251+ views
    Aspen Times ^ | October 4, 2006 | Joel Stonington
    After 18 hours in the snow and cold at 12,000 feet, three 9-year-olds and a mother arrived at the aptly named Lost Man parking lot to cheers from dozens of waiting family members and search-and-rescue teams that had worked through the night. The Lost Man Loop Trail, a popular hike just west of Independence Pass, is a partial loop with two trailheads on Highway 82. Rescuers couldn't confirm exactly how the group got lost, but several members said it was likely the hikers thought they began at the upper trailhead, when they were actually at the lower trailhead... The snow...