Two disoriented skiers spent the night in the backcountry and were rescued Thursday in Grand Teton National Park’s Granite Canyon, the second such rescue this week.

Friends called 911 Wednesday night when Darin Gamba, 32, and Patrick Thornberry, 39, didn’t show up to work at 43 North, said Jackie Skaggs, Grand Teton National Park spokeswoman.

Authorities found their car parked at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, which is just south of Granite Canyon.

The two experienced backcountry skiers got confused in whiteout conditions at the top of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Skaggs said. They went through a backcountry gate at the resort intending to ski east into Rock Springs Canyon and ended up slipping down the backside of Rendezvous Mountain into Granite Canyon instead.

Teton County Search and Rescue used a helicopter and found the skiers near Cardiac Ridge about 9 a.m. Thursday, Skaggs said.

Also Wednesday, a skier was caught in an avalanche, carried and completely buried under 5 feet of snow on a northeast aspect of Starvation Peak, about seven miles southwest of Teton Pass, according to the Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center. The skier was located by companions with a beacon and rescued without injury.

And another skier was caught in Granite Canyon on Wednesday, the avalanche center reported. No other details were available.

In both if the avalanches, the person caught was the third person on the slope.

Gamba and Thornberry realized they were lost about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and prepared to spend the night out. They did not have a map, compass or GPS device, but they did have food, water, extra clothing and avalanche gear, according to park officials. They dug a snow cave and insulated it with pine boughs, according to a news release from the park.

“These two skiers — they weren’t novices,” Skaggs said. “They’ve been in the valley for a while. They’ve skied in Granite Canyon before. They weren’t unaware of the lay of the land. They got disoriented because of the whiteout.”

She said making a wrong turn and ending up in Granite Canyon isn’t hard to do if there are no visible markers.

Gamba and Thornberry likely could have found their way out of the backcountry on their own, Skaggs said. They had figured out where they were and were in good physical condition with the proper gear.

Earlier this week, rescuers found Chris Buechley, 29, and Dan Myers, 27, both of Jackson, in Granite Canyon after the pair spent a night in the backcountry when they got lost after they also exited a backcountry gate and took a wrong turn.

“We’re just relieved that both of these were happy ending lessons,” Skaggs said.