MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H. (AP) – Two ice climbers were rescued after spending a frigid night on Mount Washington.

Damian McDonald and Susanna Saarkangas of New Haven, Conn., were climbing on a part of the mountain known as Damnation Gully in Huntington Ravine.

They were reported missing Monday night when a caretaker at the Harvard cabin noticed that they had not returned. U.S. Forest Service officials said the pair dug a hole in the snow and ice at the top of the ravine, where the temperature dropped to 16 below zero and winds gusted to 70 mph overnight.

Searchers began looking for the pair around 6 a.m. Tuesday and found them about three hours later.

The two suffered from frostbite and hypothermia but otherwise are fine, officials said.

Engine trouble, fog eyed in crash

SWANZEY, N.H. (AP) – Federal investigators say extremely dense fog and an apparent engine problem may have contributed to the plane crash that killed a pilot in Swanzey this month.

Douglas Nelson of Hampden, died when his small cargo plane went down as he tried to land in thick fog at Dillant-Hopkins Airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board is not making conclusions yet, but a preliminary report it released Tuesday said fog was so dense a police officer reported he could see less than 15 feet. It also suggests one of the plane’s two engines was shut down when it crashed.

Nelson had been rerouted to Swanzey because the weather was too bad for him to land at Manchester.

Dogs may get to romp in park

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – The city could have a fenced-in, one-acre park near the Merrimack River where dogs could play off-leash by next fall.

Concord has 4,300 registered dogs – more than one for every 10 residents – and a leash law keeping those dogs from running free. But until dog owner Anita Hickey wrote to the city council proposing a dog park, no one had considered the idea at the administrative level, said Carolyn Tracy, the city’s recreation director.

The city has scheduled a Feb. 7 meeting for those interested in raising private funds to defray the $22,800 cost of the park, half of which would be paid by the city.