Missing 73-year-old hiker found and rescued from Beartooth Mountains

Chopper extracts missing hiker from Granite Range

A Montana Army National Guard helicopter airlifted a 73-year-old missing Billings man to safety at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, following a two-day, multi-agency search in thousands of acres of alpine wilderness above 10,000 feet.

Missing 73-year-old hiker found and rescued from Beartooth Mountains

The Billings man was reported missing on Saturday, found late on Monday and rescued Tuesday morning.

Montana hiker rescued in Beartooth Mountains

COLUMBUS - A 73-year-old Billings man who was reported missing in the Beartooth Mountains on Saturday evening has been rescued.The Stillwater County Sheriff's Office said in a press release Tuesday that the man was located by an Air Force helicopter Monday at 11 p.m. about 7 miles from his last known location on the Beartooth Plateau.A doctor was lowered down to the man, and a larger National Guard helicopter was used to airlift him out on Tuesd…

Hiker rescued in Beartooth Mountains

A 73-year-old Billings man who was reported missing in the Beartooth Mountains on Saturday has been rescued.