Two separate groups of stranded hikers rescued after spending night on Katahdin's exposed Knife Edge ridge

Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.

Two separate hiking parties were forced to spend the night on Mount Katahdin when they became stranded after dark.

According to officials at Baxter State Park, park rangers were alerted to two groups that had become stranded on an exposed ridgeline on the Maine mountain on Thursday, July 24.