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Woman dies on hike at Zion Park, husband rescued

Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

A woman died and a man was rescued and treated for hypothermia after they were caught in extreme cold weather while hiking in Utah's Zion National Park, officials said.

The married couple were on a permitted, 16-mile (25-kilometer) hike through the park area known as the Narrows, the National Park Service said in a statement Thursday.

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