Trapped caver hoisted 300 feet from lava tube at Utah park, rescuers say. See it
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A trapped caver was hoisted 300 feet from a lava tube in a Utah state park, rescuers said.
Santa Clara-Ivins Fire and Rescue and Washington County Sheriff Search and Rescue worked together to help two hikers in Snow Canyon State Park on May 31, the agency said in a post on Instagram.
“The first rescue was for a heat related emergency where a hiker ran out of water in the triple digit temperatures,” officials said.
That rescue took about an hour. Later, the agencies’ high-angle rope rescue team responded to the Lava Tube cave for a technical rescue.
Rescuers hoisted the spelunker 300 feet up and out of the cave, and paramedics treated them, the agency said.
That rescue took about four hours, the agency said. Photos show rescuers navigating the passageways of the lava tube, a natural underground tunnel formed when lava flows cool and harden.
Snow Canyon State Park is in Ivins, about a 130-mile drive northeast from Las Vegas.
This story was originally published June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM with the headline "Trapped caver hoisted 300 feet from lava tube at Utah park, rescuers say. See it."
