Hikers can check out the view from the Yaqui-tepec homestead on Ghost Mountain in the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, as part of a 2 mile roundtrip hike into Southern California history. Anza Valley Outlook/Allen Riedel photo
MOUNTAIN CENTER - Two juvenile hikers suffering from minor injuries were hoisted off a trail in the San Jacinto mountains by a rescue helicopter today.
The injuries were reported at 12:45 p.m. in the 32000 block of Morris Ranch Road about eight miles southeast of Mountain Center, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The hikers were taken off the trail by a Riverside County sheriff's helicopter and transported to awaiting paramedics.
One of the hikers was hospitalized while the other refused further medical treatment after being evaluated by paramedics, fire officials said.
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