Two climbers were rescued off a mountain in Utah after they got lost in the dark.
MORE: Trail runner breaks leg, crawls for more than 10 hours to reach rescuers at Olympic National ParkThe hikers set out around 4 p.m. Friday to climb the Scott Room route on Little Cottonwood Canyon, located in the Salt Lake Valley, about 20 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team.
After the climbers completed the five-pitch route late in the evening, they could not find the rappel stations to get off the route, authorities said.
MORE: Chilling details emerge in fatal machete attack on Appalachian Trail in VirginiaA search and rescue team that was familiar with the route was able to use high power lights at the base of the descent to guide the climbers toward the rappel stations.
Photos posted to the search and rescue team's Facebook page show the climbers clinging to the side of the mountain with a spotlight pointed at them.
MORE: 'It was so refreshing,' Arkansas hiker Josh McClatchy says of sipping water after rescueEveryone was safely off the mountain by 2 a.m., authorities said.