Two Salt Lake City hikers rescued on Mount Shasta; UTA to waive fares this weekend

Two hikers from Salt Lake City were rescued after being lost for about 36 hours on Mount Shasta in California, Utah Public Radio reported in its daily news rundown. ^[1]

According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Office, a 20-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man set out on a day hike early Monday. They called dispatch that night, saying they lacked enough food, water and clothing for below-freezing conditions. They kept descending on dispatch's advice, but their phones died. Search and rescue found them uninjured the next afternoon at the bottom of Cascade Gulch. The sheriff's office said it was the third rescue on the Avalanche Gulch route within the last month. ^[1]

Also in the rundown, the Utah Transit Authority will not collect fares this weekend, similar to a three-day fare pause last month, to let the agency keep upgrading its fare collection software and hardware, which could include more tap-to-pay options. Utah Public Radio reported that fares could rise from $2.50 to $3 sometime next year, which would be the agency's first increase in over a decade if approved. ^[1]