Three hikers from Massachusetts sounded an SOS on Sunday evening after encountering potentially dangerous, snowy conditions in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.According to New Hampshire Fish and Game,

Deep snow and white-out conditions slowed their progress and made the trails difficult to follow, officials said.

Jack Tragni, 24, Vaishnav Raja, 25, and Justin Yang, 24, departed for a hike on Mount Lincoln and were stranded there for 12 hours in the snowy and windy conditions

The two friends had hiked New Hampshire’s challenging Mount Washington trail a month ago. They returned and did it again Sunday after trekking through neighboring peaks in the White Mountains. Both veteran hikers,

Rescuers helped three Massachusetts hikers who experienced whiteout conditions and were suffering from cold-related injuries on Sunday. Fish and Game was notified around 5:30 p.m. of an SOS alert from the area of Mount Lincoln,