......Probably more like 35, as lots will have their kids along.

Helicopter time is expensive, I hope the "Stupid Hiker" laws and charges will apply.

GTC

Link: http://azstarnet.com/news/blogs/police-beat/e2d3ce66-6818-11e2-ae5b-001a4bcf887a.html

50 or more hikers trapped in Bear Canyon by rushing water


24 minutes ago � Kimberly Matas, Arizona Daily Star
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An estimated 50 hikers are trapped in Bear Canyon on the northeast side by water rushing through from rains earlier today.

None is in imminent danger, but deputies are monitoring gauges to determine whether the water is receding or rising and decide the best way to rescue the hikers, Deputy Tom Peine, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff�s Department, said. A Department of Public Safety helicopter is assessing the situation from the air.

Groups of hikers � adults and children � are trapped in different parts of the canyon in the Catalina Mountains.

�They made it to the first group and they are leading them out,� Peine said just before 5:30 p.m.

A Sun Tran bus is waiting in the parking lot of Sabino Canyon to take hikers back to their vehicles once all of them have been rescued.

�The hikers in the Bear Canyon area did not take into account that the weather conditions earlier in the day might have a delayed effect,� Peine said.

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