The Maine National Guard assisted in the rescue of two stranded hikers on Bigelow Mountain on Tuesday.

Members of the 126th Aviation Regiment conducted a mountain hoist extraction using a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after the Maine Warden Service requested assistance early Tuesday, the Maine National Guard said in a social media post.

The crew executed the extraction and transported the hikers to Sugarloaf Regional Airport, according to the Maine National Guard.

“It’s such a great feeling being able to take people from one of the worst situations of their lives … and get them to safety and the care that they need,” said Maj. Lena Witham, medical officer for the mission.

One of the hikers, a 24-year-old from Drums, Pennsylvania, was suffering from severe hypothermia, according to a news release from the warden service. Her hiking partner, a 35-year-old from Cumbola, Pennsylvania, called emergency services around 9:30 p.m. Monday to report that she needed help. According to the news release, she had slurred speech, her lips were blue and she was losing muscle coordination.

Rescuers reached the hikers around 1:45 a.m. and wrapped both in heavy sleeping bags, started a fire and gave them warm drinks. Temperatures were in the mid-teens and there were 3 to 5 inches of fresh snow on the mountain, the release stated.

The woman’s condition “continued to deteriorate,” so the rescue team called the Maine Air National Guard to initiate the aerial rescue. The helicopter arrived around 6:45 a.m., according to the warden service.