Two hikers were found dead on the Dorr mountain in Acadia National Park on Saturday after they apparently fell more than 30 meters along the icy cliff tracks, the park said.
The victims, who were not identified by name in a park press release, were a 28-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman from Rutland, Massachusetts, who arrived in Bar Harbor on Tuesday and told family members they were interested on Cadillac mountain hikes.
They were last heard on Thursday and national park rangers and local authorities began searching on Friday after they did not check out of the hotel or returned to the vehicle.
Authorities carried out unsuccessful searches with a helicopter capable of thermal imaging for the two overnight from Friday to Saturday. The bodies of the victims were found late Saturday morning during a search in high-probability areas that included 15 volunteers and park staff.
Deaths in the national park, the most popular parts of which are on Mount Desert Island, are relatively rare. A book published in 2019 counted 76 deaths since its formation in the early 1900s.