The man was trapped May 24 in a boulder field in the headwaters of Fourth of July Creek in the Kenai Peninsula, officials said. Rescuers set up a command post at a quarry about 2 miles downstream and made their way with the help of ATVs through the “extreme terrain,” officials said.

The Seward Fire Department was called around noon on Saturday to headwaters of Fourth of July Creek. A 61-year-old man was rescued Saturday by Seward Fire Department, Seward Helicopter Tours and the Alaska Air National Guard after being trapped under a boulder in a creek near Seward.