Mt. Hood Hiker Rescued After Being Stranded By Glacier Palmer

MT. HOOD, OR – A search and rescue effort on Mt. Hood was successful and the stranded climber is back at Timberline Lodge. Officials have not yet released the name of the climber, whom they've described as "experienced."

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, which worked the incident with volunteers from Portland Mountain Rescue, says that the hiker was to the west of the top of Palmer Glacier, which is on Hood's south slope. It's located between 6,200 and 9,300 feet.

The glacier stretches down to the Timberline area.

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Deputies were able to stay in touch with the climber and said: "stay put."

They say that the hiker had some food and water and was dressed for the weather.

The sheriff's office coordinates all rescue efforts on Mt. Hood, which is the highest mountain in Oregon at 11,239 feet and one of the most climbed mountains in the world.

On average, 10,000 people summit it each year.

Since 2013, an average of 70 rescue missions each years have taken place, a large drop from the 96 missions a year that were the average from 2007 to 2013.

Photos and video via Clackamas County Sheriff's Office.