Search-and-rescue teams carried a hiker out of Millcreek Canyon

A hiker severely injured her lower leg on the ridgeline connector above the Pipeline Trail, in the Rattlesnake Gulch area of Millcreek Canyon, KUTV reported. She had been out with her dogs and could not walk down on her own. Salt Lake County Sheriff's Search and Rescue was called just after 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Unified Fire Authority crews reached her first and stabilized the leg in a vacuum splint. A drone team marked her location because cell service in the canyon is unreliable. One search-and-rescue team arrived with a litter, a wheel, and warming blankets, and more teams came to help with the carry. On the steep side trail they used a Megamover transfer tarp to move her to the main Pipeline Trail, then shifted her onto a wheeled litter. An ambulance took her to a hospital. Every team was off the mountain just after 4:30 p.m.

The sheriff's office said the canyon cooled quickly once the sun dropped behind the trees, and it reminded hikers to pack extra layers and a headlamp.