Two snowmobilers were lost, wet and cold for more than 12 hours on the Idaho-Montana border on Sunday morning before the Shoshone and Mineral County sheriff's offices tracked them down.

Levi Wernz, 19, Todd Clift, 21 and Gary Emtman, 49, all of Spangle, Wash., were snowmobiling near Dominion Peak, south of Saltese, on the border when the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office received a report of three overdue snowmobilers at 3:57 p.m. Saturday.

Cliff and Wernz were trying to make their way down toward Silver Lake, but got lost and couldn't make their way back to Dominion Peak. Clift was able to call for help, but was unsure about his exact location, limiting rescue workers.

Emtman was able to make his way back toward the group's truck at the Taft trailhead, where he called rescue workers and provided additional information about the location of the two lost men.

Deputy John Hayes, from the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office and Deputy Adam Cole from the Mineral County Sheriff's Office coordinated the search and rescue mission.

Cole said he got the emergency call around 4:30 p.m., and immediately took a snowmobile up to the area. Cole said he made nine trips through the area on his vehicle without success.

According to a press release from the Shoshone County Sheriff's Office, the rescue effort also got a big boost from an Air Force Base in Florida.

"The Air Force Rescue Coordination Center at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida provided assistance requesting cell phone forensics and a helicopter."

The search later involved a helicopter crew from the 40th Squadron based at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont.

Cole said six to seven calls were made to various helicopters in the area, but none were willing to fly in the dark, dangerous conditions.

Shortly after 5 a.m., the helicopter crew found Wernz and Clift. Both of the men were hoisted into the helicopter and flown to Saltese, Mont., where they were checked by medical personnel.

During the 13-hour ordeal, Wernz and Clift were forced to burn their snowmobiles to survive.

Cole said that the snowmobilers had a slight case of possible hypothermia, but were otherwise in good health.