Hikers Rescued over the Weekend

Two hikers were rescued after they got lost while hiking the Jones Creek Loop on Saturday. The two day hikers called the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office for help shortly before 6 p.m. on Feb. 12. The man and woman were hiking the Jones Creek Loop and they had gotten lost. Officials say that the hikers were wearing tennis shoes and they were not dressed for the frigid overnight temperatures. Officials say that incidents like these are a great reminder that even though afternoons are unseasonably warm here in the valley — conditions are different in the High Sierra.