Josiah and Amanda Powell wanted their wedding day to be as adventurous as they are – but they might have underestimated how adventurous the day would become.
They took snowmobiles and UTVs up to Montezuma in Summit County on Saturday, where they had a small ceremony near a few snow-capped peaks.
"Our vision was, because we are snowmobiling or skiing every weekend in Colorado ... to be able to bring our immediate family and then our wedding party to be able to experience that," Amanda Powell said. "So we planned this whole day, and it went out mostly without a hitch."
But on the way back down the mountain, some of the UTVs got stuck in melting snow, the couple said.
The wedding party, which was mostly experienced backcountry users, dug out the machines, but one guest called 911 before everyone was out.
So Summit Rescue Group rushed to the scene.