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First Posted: 11/25/2013 SALT LAKE CITY (AP) &#8212; Five college students are said to be in good condition Monday after they were found stranded in the snow in the Utah wilderness.
San Juan County Sheriff&#8217;s Lt. Alan Freestone tells The Associated Press the students were found Monday in waist-deep snow near their stranded vehicle, some inside a tent. They had been due back Sunday from the trip that began last week.
Officials used snowmobiles to reach the two men and three women from Colorado College, a liberal-arts school in Colorado Springs.
Freestone says there&#8217;s no way for anyone to drive their vehicle out of the backcountry.
A medical helicopter spotted the hikers but couldn&#8217;t land because of deep snow.
Freestone says the group was found in a remote area of the Manti La Sal National Forest in San Juan County. Elevations in the area reach 8,800 feet.

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