Hikers Bodies Discovered in Blizzard Conditions

A detail of the Victoria police badge on a police officer in Melbourne, Australia, on March 24, 2016. Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Two hikers who were found unresponsive near a remote alpine hut likely died from hypothermia after being caught in blizzard conditions.

Police recovered the bodies of two women who were discovered by a pair of hikers near Cleve Cole Hut about 12:50 p.m. on Friday.