A couple from Massachusetts that came to Acadia National Park in Maine this week for some hiking died in an apparent 100-foot fall from icy Dorr Mountain. Their bodies were recovered Saturday, the park announced.

The unidenified couple, a 28-year-old man and 30-year-old woman, arrived in Bar Harbor on Tuesday from Rutland, Massachusetts, a park release said. The woman had told family members during a phone call that they were interested in hiking Cadillac Mountain. When the couple didn't check out of their hotel on Friday as scheduled or return to their vehicle, a search was launched.

That search continued overnight and involved a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter from Cape Cod equipped with thermal imaging technology that was used to search for heat signatures on the north and east sides of Dorr and Cadillac Mountains, the park said.

On Saturday morning ground teams began to search in areas of high probability and were able to find and recover their bodies. The two were hiking on Dorr Mountain along ice-covered cliff bands when they apparently slipped and fell to their deaths, the release said.

Park rangers and Maine State Police are investigating, with the assistance of Bar Harbor Police Department.